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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Crystal Growth 267 2004 676–684 Controlled growth of three morphological structures of magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles by wet precipitation method Jianping Lv, Longzhen Qiu, Baojun Qu* State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China Received 6 December 2003; accepted 15 April 2004 Communicated by J.M. Redwing Abstract Magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles with three structural morphologies, needle-, lamellar- and rod-like, were synthesized individually through solution precipitation in the presence of comple xdispersants. The in?uence of synthesis parameters on the morphological characteristics and sizes of magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles precipitated in an aqueous medium was investigated, such as types of surfactants or water-soluble polymeric dispersants, reaction temperature and concentration, addition method and rate, and hydrothermal treatment of reactants. Special attention was given to obtain rod-shaped particles and stable colloidal dispersion. The obtained magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles were characterized in terms of morphology, particle size and crystal habits by transmission electron microscopy TEM , ?eld emission scanning electron microscope FESEM , and X-ray diffraction XRD . r 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 81.10.A; 61.10.N; 61.66.F Keywords: A1. Crystal morphology; A1. X-ray diffraction; A2. Growth from solutions; A2. Hydrothermal crystal growth; B1. Comple xdispersants; B1. Magnesium hydroxide 1. Introduction [2], the synthesis of nanoscale materials has been the focus of considerable interest because of their In recent years there has been growing interest potential applications in electronics, optics, cata- in materials with speci?c nanomorphologies be-