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Sol–gel route was applied to synthesize anti-microbial hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders by the addition of silver 200–20000 ppm or zinc salts. The bacteria strain, Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans, ATCC 25175) was used in the anti-bacterial tests. HAp phase was reproducibly obtained by the preparation conditions: Ca(NO3)2-4H2O and trietheyl phosphate as sources of calcium and phosphorus sources, respectively, and ethanol as the solvent, aging for 16 h at 80°C, gelation and drying at 80°C for 24 h, then calcining at above 350°C. TGA was used to analyze thermal properties of the as-prepared gel. XRD and FTIR were used to identify the crystalline phase and chemical structure. CaO appeared as an impurity after calcining above 650°C. In the solid-state anti-microbial tests on the brain heart infusion (BHI) agar plates, there formed a microbial inhibition zone surrounding the Ag/Zn added (greater than 2000 ppm) samples. In the liquid-state anti-microbial tests, S. mutans cells readily precipitated with pure HAp powders but not with Ag/Zn added (greater than 2000 ppm) HAp powders. The concentration of silver or zinc ions releasing from the Ag/Zn added HAp powders into the supernatant of the BHI broth was under detection limit of ICP-AES analyses. However, the growth of S. mutans reached same magnitude (6 × 108 CFU/mL) whether pure HAp, 2000 ppm-Ag or 2000 ppm-Zn were added. Therefore, Ag/Zn added HAp powders developed in this research present microbial inhibition properties and are of potential as a solid-state anti-microbial agent.
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Chung, RJ., Hsieh, MF., Huang, KC. et al. Anti-Microbial Hydroxyapatite Particles Synthesized by a Sol–Gel Route. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 33, 229–239 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-005-5618-1
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