Crystallographic Aspects Regarding the Insertion of Ag+ Ions into a Hydroxyapatite Structure

AUTOR(ES)

Santos, Ivory Marcos Gomes dos, Barbosa, Larissa Souza Noel Simas, Resende, Cristiane Xavier, Soares, Glória de Almeida, Santos, Euler Araujo dos

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-08

RESUMO

The objective of this study was to evaluate how silver can be inserted into hydroxyapatite (HA) via two distinct processes: co-doping with CO32- via precipitation in an aqueous medium and immersion of preformed HA crystals into Ag+ solutions. It was concluded that although Ag+ and Ca2+ have different radii, the accommodation of Ag+ ions in the Ca2+ sites of the hydroxyapatite lattice can be explained by the models proposed for inserting monovalent ions such as Na+. In this case, because Ag+ ions are larger than Ca2+ ions and have a different charge, the Ag+ ions are stabilized in the HA structure by co-substitution with CO32- ions in both the A- and B-type sites. This simultaneous insertion of Ag+ and CO32- appears to thermally stabilize the HA phase because no phase transformation is observed after calcination. In addition, the doping of HA with Ag+ ions can clearly occur via two routes: co-precipitation in the presence of these ions or diffusion in preformed hydroxyapatite crystals. This result appears to indicate the possibility of doping HA with Ag+ using less complex routes at ambient temperature and with prefabricated implants or biomaterials, which reduces the costs of producing devices with antibacterial effects.

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