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This paper presents a holistic view of the structural phase transitions in nanocrystals. The databases for size-induced phase transitions is a main part of this paper. The database on transitions with temperature contains 603 items on 415 crystals, and database on transitions under high pressure contains 209 items in 124 crystals. Moreover, some new aspects of such transitions are presented like island diagram and new analysis of anomalous compressibility observed in some nanocrystals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new form of the phase diagram is proposed for nanocrystals. This island diagram shows the regions of the calcination temperature required to obtain the nanocrystals of given range of crystallite size. This explains why the temperature-induced phase transitions are not possible in some crystals. However, the change of crystallite size can induce the phase transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]