Crystal chemistry and antibacterial properties of cupriferous hydroxyapatite

• Main Authors: Hooper, Thomas J. N., Kelly, Nicole L., Gupta, Disha, Balani, Kantesh, Manna, Indranil, Baikie, Tom, Bishop, Peter T., White, Timothy J., Hanna, John V., Bhattacharjee, Arjak, Fang, Yanan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Hydroxyapatite; Copper Doping; Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87100; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49293
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Copper-doped hydroxyapatite (HA) of nominal composition Ca10(PO4)6[Cux(OH)2-2xOx] (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) was prepared by solid-state and wet chemical processing to explore the impact of the synthesis route and mode of crystal chemical incorporation of copper on the antibacterial efficacy against Escherichi...