Abstract
This contribution gathers various examples illustrating the fact that nanocrystalline apatites represent a genuine multi-functionalizable platform for a wide range of biomedical applications. It is indeed possible to convey additional functionalities to the already appealing properties of biomimetic apatites, via appropriate ionic substitutions and/or through controlled molecular adsorptions. In link with bone regeneration, we depict here examples of enhanced osteoconduction/induction and of the addition of antibacterial features to bone implants. But we also point out the promise of apatite-based colloidal nanoparticles in other domains not related to bone, such as nanomedicine (cell diagnosis/therapy), which we address by conferring luminescence properties and by adding cell recognition abilities.
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