“…During the second part of the 20th century, different research groups were involved in the development of hydrothermal processes either in materials chemistry (synthesis of new materials) or in materials science (crystal growtheven at the industrial scale, elaboration of small crystallites-from micro to nanoscale, the deposition of thin films), particularly by: Somiya and Roy [57], Roy and Tuttle [58], Roy and Osborn [50], Fyfe [59], Yamasaki et al [60,61], Koizumi and coworkers [62], Laudise and Nielsen [63], Somiya [64,65], Yoshimura et al [66,67], Demianets [68], Demianets and Lobachev [69], Eitel [70], Rabenau [71], Joubert and coworkers [72], Demazeau and coworkers [73,74], Whittingham and coworkers [75], Komarneni and coworkers [76,77], and Riman et al [78].…”