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Based upon analysis of
3475 papers from CAS,
SCI, and INSPEC databases
(a)
Hydrothermal Research
in Materials Science
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Figure 1.12 (a) Number of publications year-wise during 1989 1999. (b) Number of
publications year-wise from 2000 up to mid-2011.
Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland,
Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and
United States. Among these countries, over 75% of the hydrothermal research is
going on in the United States, China, and Japan. Figure 1.14 shows the countries
actively engaged in hydrothermal research.
The above statistical data on hydrothermal research clearly illustrate a growing
popularity of the technique, covering various branches of science. The main disad-
vantage of the hydrothermal system, as believed earlier, is the black box nature of
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