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Layered cobalt hydroxide nanocones intercalated with dodecyl sulfate (DS) ions could be successfully synthesized through the rolling process of lamellar structures under microwave-assisted conditions, which underwent exfoliation in formamide into unilamellar cobalt hydroxide nanosheets. Layered cobalt hydroxide nanocones could also be converted into CoOOH and Co₃O₄ nanocones retaining original morphological features, respectively.

Monodisperse Fe₃O₄ nanocubes have been successfully synthesized by a facile solvothermal method at 260 ºC in the presence of oleic acid and oleylamine. Well-defined assembly of uniform Fe₃O₄ nanocubes with average size of 12 nm could be obtained without a size-selection process.

Uniform CoTe and CoTe₂ nanotubes have been selectively synthesized via a facile hydrothermal co-reduction route based on the precipitate slow-release controlled process under mild conditions, in which H₂TeO₃ were employed to supply Te source and sodium hydroxide and aqueous hydrazine was used as alkaline and reducing agent.

Monodisperse Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles with narrow size distribution could be successfully synthesized in large quantities by a facile solvothermal synthetic method in the presence of oleic acid and oleylamine. The sizes of final products could be readily tuned from 5 to 12 nm by adjusting the experimental parameters such as reaction time, temperature, and surfactants. The magnetic study reveals that the as-synthesized nanoparticles are ferromagnetic at 2 K while they are superparamagnetic at 300 K.

Flower-like NiS microcrystals built of nanoflakes have been synthesized via a hydrothermal process in the presence of l-cysteine, trisodium citrate, and ammonia. l-cysteine was employed as sulfur source and surfactant to regulate the nucleation and growth process.