Facile nanorods synthesis of KI:HAp and their structure-morphology, vibrational and bioactivity analyses for biomedical applications

Abstract Pure and potassium iodide (KI) doped hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanostructures were prepared through a facile microwave route. Field emission - SEM (FESEM) confirm low dimension nanorods (NRs) morphology of final products. The average dimension of NRs is may be in the range of 10–20 nm. Predominant single segment was approved by XRD and EDX analyses. Lattice constants, crystallite size, density of dislocations, strain and % of crystallinity were determined and the average crystallite size is observed in 9–16 nm range and degree of crystallinity is observed to be high viz. ~ 59% for 30% KI doped HAp. Vibrational studies were done through FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopy and confirm the phase of HAp. The catalytic activity of all samples is done in bioremediation of methylene blue using Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain Kilany_MB. These results suggested that HAp and KI-HAp as a promising nano-catalyst in bioremediation of water from methylene blue.