Chemical synthesis strategies for metal oxide nanoparticles: a comprehensive review
Amin Zadehnazari
Abstract
Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONs) are attractive new technology for numerous applications in optic, magnetic, and electronic devices, UV absorbents, food processing, paints, adhesives, bio-imaging, catalytic sensing, coatings, membranes, insulation, flame retardants, pharmaceutical, and other biomedical applications which have triggered the essential for their easily obtained and reproducible preparation with a better control over their size, shape, crystal structure, and surface chemistry. This review covers the fundamental science, chemical synthesis, and properties of various metal oxide nanostructures. An overview of the recent developments and applications of MONs have been presented. The review summarizes the most recent considerable advances and discusses them critically, providing selected examples, clarifying, and illustrating the important principles, and bringing together many important references of primary literature. The major challenges faced and future trends on the usage of such MONs have also been discussed.