A brief review on hydroxyapatite production and use in biomedicine
Abstract Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a bioceramic widely studied due to its chemical similarity with the mineral component of bones. Besides, it is biocompatible, bioactive and thermodynamically stable in the body fluid what poses it as an attractive material for a wide range of applications in the biom...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132019000200282&lng=en&tlng=en |