Structural characterization, optical properties and in vitro bioactivity of mesoporous erbium-doped hydroxyapatite

• Main Authors: Alshemary, Ammar Z., Akram, Muhammad, Goh, Yifan, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Abdolahi, Ahmad, Hussain, Rafaqat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2015
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56166/1/AmmarZAlshemary2015_StructuralCharacterizationOpticalPropertiesandinVitro.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56166/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.05.064

We report the successful synthesis of mesoporous erbium doped hydroxyapatite (Er-HA, Ca10-xEr2x/3?x/3(PO4)6(OH)2) by using a rapid and efficient microwave assisted wet precipitation method. Characterization techniques like X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR), X-ray fluorescen...