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interaction between particle growth and process parameters. A generic correlation has been developedtopredictparticlegrowth.Thecorrelationcanbeextendedfurther topredictparticle size of other type of materials. The results obtained in this work clearly indicate that the applicationof onlydielectric constant to relateparticle nucleationandgrowth is not adequate. Acombinationofsurface tensionanddielectricconstant togetherwillbeappropriate. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant no: 88220) for financial support. Conflictsof interest Theauthordeclaresnoconflictsof interest. Authordetails MahabuburChowdhury1,2* *Addressall correspondence to: chowdhurym@cput.ac.za 1 FlowProcessandRheologyCentre,CapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology,CapeTown, SouthAfrica 2 DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,CapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology, CapeTown,SouthAfrica References [1] Wei C, Nan Z. Effects of experimental conditions on one-dimensional single-crystal nanostructureofβ-FeOOH.MaterialsChemistryandPhysics. 2011;127:220-226 [2] ChenM, Jiang J,ZhouX,DiaoG.Preparationofakaganeitenanorodsand their transfor- mation to sphere shape hematite. Journal ofNanoscience andNanotechnology. 2008;8: 3942-3948 [3] ChenL,YangX,Chen J, Liu J,WuH,ZhanH,LiangC,WuM.Continuous shape- and spectroscopy-tuningofhematitenanocrystals. InorganicChemistry. 2010;49:8411-8420 [4] KuangD, XuA, Fang Y, LiuH, FrommenC, Fenske D. Surfactant-assisted growth of novelPbSdendriticnanostructuresvia facilehydrothermalprocess.AdvancedMaterials. 2003;15:1747-1750 Advanced Chemical Kinetics140