Antimicrobial effects of metal ions (Ag+, Cu2+, Zn2+) in hydroxyapatite

Abstract
The antimicrobial ceramics (AC) based on hydroxyapatite (HA) were made in a wet chemical process with additions of AgNO3, Cu(NO3)2 · 3H2O and Zn(NO3)2 · 6H2O. The ACs were composed of metal-ion...