Effect of dopant loading on the structural features of silver-doped hydroxyapatite obtained by mechanochemical method

Silver-doped hydroxyapatite (Ag-doped HA) nanopowders were synthesized using calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) and silver nitrate (AgNO3) precursors, through a one-pot mechanochemical process. The influence of dopant content on the phase formation, structural properties and morphological features was examined. The results showed that the as-prepared powders were single-phase hexagonal HA in the absence of the dopant. With...