Strontium and Copper Co-Doped Multifunctional Calcium Phosphates: Biomimetic and Antibacterial Materials for Bone Implants.

β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) is a promising material in regenerative traumatology for the creation of bone implants. Previously, it was established that doping the structure with certain cations can reduce the growth of bacterial activity. Recently, much attention has been paid to co-doped β-TCP, that is explained by their ability, on the one hand, to reduce cytotoxicity for cells of the human organism, on the other hand, to achieve a successful antibacterial effect.

New Series of Red-Light Phosphor CaZnGd(PO):0.1Eu ( = 0-1).

In this study, a new series of phosphors, Ca9−xZnxGd0.9(PO4)7:0.1Eu3+ (x = 0.

SrIn(VO) as a model ferroelectric in the structural family of β-Ca(PO)-type phosphates and vanadates.

SrIn(VO) was prepared by a solid-state method at 1270 K in air. This vanadate has the β-Ca(PO)-type structure and crystallizes in polar space group 3. The structural parameters of SrIn(VO) were refined by the Rietveld method from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction data (XRD): the lattice parameters are = 11.