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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 916218, 10 pages
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Silver-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles
1Department of Multifunctional Materials and Structures Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Physics, 105 Bis Atomistilor, P.O. Box MG 07, 077125 Magurele, Romania
2Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor, CP MG-1, 077125 Magurele, Romania
3Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Aleea Portocalelor 1-3, 60101 Bucharest, Romania
4EA 4592 Géoressources & Environnement, EGID, Universite Bordeaux, 1 Allée F. Daguin 18, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
Received 22 September 2012; Revised 15 November 2012; Accepted 15 November 2012
Academic Editor: Abdelwahab Omri
Copyright © 2013 Carmen Steluta Ciobanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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