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Journal of Spectroscopy
Volume 2013, Article ID 471061, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/471061
Research Article

Vibrational Investigations of Silver-Doped Hydroxyapatite with Antibacterial Properties

Carmen Steluta Ciobanu,1 Simona Liliana Iconaru,1 Phillippe Le Coustumer,2 and Daniela Predoi1

1National Institute of Materials Physics, 105 bis Atomistilor, P.O. Box MG 07, Magurele, 077125 Bucharest, Romania
2Universite Bordeaux, EA 4592 Géoressources & Environnement, EGID, 1 Allée F. Daguin 18, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France

Received 23 June 2012; Accepted 23 July 2012

Academic Editor: Petre Makreski

Copyright © 2013 Carmen Steluta Ciobanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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