In rabbits and goats, test implants with a porous surface of two layers of Ti-6Al-4V beads were examined at intervals for bond strength with bone. Half of the implants were coated with hydroxyapatite by plasma spray. The bonding strength with bone in the coated specimens was about four times greater than that of the uncoated specimens at two weeks, and twice as strong at six weeks. Twelve weeks after implantation, the strengths were similar. The hydroxyapatite coating of the beads provided earlier and stronger fixation.
The first lyotropic cholesteric single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) liquid crystal phase was obtained by dispersing SWNTs in an aqueous solution of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Depending on the dispersion methodology, the polydomain nematic phase previously reported for other lyotropic carbon nanotube dispersions could also be obtained. The phase behavior and dispersion microstructure were affected by the relative concentrations of dsDNA and SWNT and whether small bundles were removed prior to concentrating the dispersions. This readily controlled phase behavior opens new routes for producing SWNT films with controlled morphology.
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