Especially during last years, fundamental discoveries of various species and
modifications of carbon nanotubes have stimulated research on their application including in
human medicine. The success of these applications depends significantly on the physical,
chemical and biological properties of the carbon nanotubes and their supplements.
In our presentation we report on the synthesis of Fe-filled carbon nanotubes, their structural
and magnetic properties and propose novel types of such functionalised and filled multiwalled
carbon nanotubes with various advantages for an application in human medicine,
especially in anti-tumour therapeutic concepts.
These nanotube structures represent multi-functional nano-scaled containers for different
medical treatments including magnetically guided hyperthermia. Furthermore these chemical
inert and stable carbon nanocontainer can be act as a new drug delivery carrier system. In
principle, both, a filling of nanotubes by an open-fill-close process or an attachment of
argents on the outside of the carbon nanotube is possible.
Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and hydroxyapatite nanorods reinforced with polypropylene for biomedical application