Hydrothermal Synthesis and Mechanistic Insights into the Nucleation, Crystallization, and Growth of Spinel Ferrite Nanoparticles

The nucleation, crystallization, and growth mechanisms of MnFe2O4, CoFe2O4, NiFe2O4, and ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites prepared from coprecipitated transition metal hydroxide precursors under hydrothermal conditions have been elucidated using in situ X-ray total scattering and powder X-ray diffraction techniques.