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This book deals with a biomaterial, hydroxyapatite (HAP), its physical and chemical properties and technological applications as implant coating, antimicrobial agent, catalysis, chromatographic separation of proteins and DNA, drug delivery carrier and non-viral vector as gene therapy. It also covers different aspects of HAP study like bio-mimetic study, hemolysis study. It also covers the synthesis and characterization of pure HAP nano particles and silver-doped nano HAP. The nano-particles of HAP are synthesized using surfactant mediated approach and characterized by powder XRD, TEM, FTIR, TGA, and dielectric study.

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Dr. Kashmira Tank is currently serving as a Head of Humanities & Science Department of Om Engineering College, Junagadh, Gujarat, India. She obtained her Ph. D. from Saurashtra University in 2013. She has worked on interdisciplinary research topic, Synthesis characterization and inhibition study of pure and doped nano-apatites .

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