ABSTRACT
Medical implants can be used in almost every organ of the human body. Nanotechnology provides opportunities not only to improve materials and medical devices, but also to create new smart devices and technologies like for example intelligent drug delivery systems. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are part of the fullerene family, which was discovered in 1985 by researchers at the University of Sussex and Rice. With their carbon composition, high aspect ratio, mechanical, electrical and physical properties, there has been growing interest in using CNTs for medical and biomedical applications like orthopaedic and dental implants and neural probes. Carbon nanotube arrays can play a key role in artificial cochlea development. Nano-materials and especially carbon nanotubes have an enormous potential for changing therapeutic measures and methods for trauma and pathological situations in an aging population. When biomaterials get into contact with cells, their surface structure, chemistry and charge define the biological response.
