Nanoparticles, dispersions of nanoparticles, and suspensions of nanoparticles, the nanoparticles formed of oxides, carbonates, phosphates, and nanoparticles formed of organic polymers, namely nanoparticles of ceria and ceria-containing mixed oxides, zirconia and mixed oxides, barium strontium titanate, barium titanate, strontium titanate, magnesium aluminum oxides, copper oxide and mixed oxides, mixtures of copper oxide and yttria stabilized zirconia, nickel oxide and mixed oxides, mixtures of nickel oxide and yttria stabilized zirconia, mixtures of copper oxide or nickel oxide and samarium doped oxide, samarium doped strontium cobalt oxide, calcium copper titanate, lead zirconium titanate and with and without dopants, zirconium titanate with and without dopants, lanthanum strontium maganate, iron oxide, calcium hydrogen phosphate, hydroxyapetite, iron nickel oxide, lithium titanium oxide and mixed oxides, lithium cobalt oxide doped and not doped, titanium oxide and titanium oxide containing oxides of other metals, zinc oxide doped and not doped, rare earth based oxides, transition metal based oxides, precious metal oxides, and transition metal phosphates and carbonates, and resins of polyamide, polycarbonate, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyimide, polypropylene, and polyethylene, all for use in further manufacture in a wide variety of industries