“…204 This method was also used for the synthesis of NPs of oxides of iron, nickel and copper such as Fe 3 O 4 , a-Fe 2 O 3 , NiO, CuO, etc. [205][206][207] Hydrothermal is a facile and fast process for the synthesis of NPs of various other Polyol process is the synthesis of metal-containing compounds using poly(ethylene glycol)s as the reaction medium, that plays a role of solvent, reducing agent and complexing agent at the same time, with dissolved stabilizing/protecting agents. 215 This chemical process was used to synthesize a wide range of metal based NPs (Ag, Pt, Pd, Pr, Cu), metal oxide NPs (ZnO, indium-tin-oxide; ITO, Gd 2 O 3 , Cu 2 O), magnetic NPs and metal hybrid NPs.…”