Nanoparticle research has received considerable attention due to many potential innovative
applications such as biomedicine, 1, 2 catalysis, 3, 4 fuel cell, 5 magnetic data storage, 6 …

All solid materials are created via nucleation. In this evolutionary process, nuclei form in
solution or at interfaces, expand by monomeric growth and oriented attachment, and …

The effectiveness of liquid-phase synthesis routes for nanoparticles is largely affected by the
narrowness of the particle size distribution. To study the particle size distribution dynamics …

Despite the increasing interest in the applications of functional nanoparticles, a
comprehensive understanding of the formation mechanism starting from the precursor …

The synthesis of nanoparticles with particular compositions and structures can lead to
nanoparticles with notable physicochemical properties, thus promoting their use in various …

The phenomenon of burst nucleation in solution, in which a period of apparent chemical
inactivity is followed by a sudden and explosive growth of nucleated particles from a solute …

In the past few decades, much effort was put into the development of synthetic strategies to
produce nanoparticles of different sizes and morphologies and a large number of scientific …

A review is presented of the pioneering 1950 model (VK LaMer, RH Dinegar, Theory,
Production and Mechanism of Formation of Monodispersed Hydrosols, J. Am. Chem. Soc …

The evolution of a nanosized particle in colloidal solution has been studied theoretically.
The model developed is based on the size dependence of the activation energies of the …

An understanding of nanocrystal growth mechanisms is of significant importance for the
design of novel materials. The development of liquid cells for transmission electron …