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ArticleRoyal Society open science2018

Metal and polymer-mediated synthesis of porous crystalline hydroxyapatite nanocomposites for environmental remediation.

Danushika C Manatunga, Rohini M de Silva, K M Nalin de Silva, Nuwan de Silva, E V A Premalal

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danushika C ManatungaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka.
Rohini M de SilvaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-0955-6366
K M Nalin de SilvaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-3219-3233
Nuwan de SilvaSri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC), Nanotechnology and Science Park, Mahenwatte, Pitipana, Homagama 10206, Sri Lanka.
E V A PremalalSri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC), Nanotechnology and Science Park, Mahenwatte, Pitipana, Homagama 10206, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology · LKUniversity of Colombo · LK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was focused on the preparation of metal and polymer-mediated porous crystalline hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanocomposites for environmental applications. Four different nano HAp systems were synthesized, namely, microwave irradiated HAp (M1), Zn doped HAp (M2), Mg-doped HAp (M3) and sodium alginate incorporated HAp (M4), and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), X-ray fluorescence, thermogravimetric analysis and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analyses. Systems M1-M4 showed morphologies similar to coral shapes, polymer-like interconnected structures, sponges and feathery mycelium assemblies. Using XRD, selected area electron diffraction patterns and

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alginatecrystallinityenvironmentalmetalsporous hydroxyapatite

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PMID29410859
PMCPMC5792936
OpenAlexW2784480725

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