Question

Mechanism of nucleation and growth of nanoparticles in solution

Answer 1

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

agriculture, 7 and solar cells. 8 They have unique and novel magnetic, optical, electronic,

and catalytic properties, which are related to their size and are different from bulk materials.

For many years, the process of the nucleation and growth of nanoparticles have been

described through the LaMer burst nucleation 9, 10 and following Ostwald ripening 11 to …