TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compounds: The metal salt comprises aluminum, hafnium, silicon, cerium, lanthanum, germanium, tantalum, nickel, and/or zirconium. The zirconium salt is a zirconium chloride (ZrCl4), zirconium oxynitrate (ZrO(NO3)3) or zirconyl chloride (ZrOCl2). The nickel salt may be nickel carbonate (NiCO3), nickel nitrate hexahydrate (Ni(NO3)2.6H2O), or nickel sulfate heptahydrate (NiSO4.7H2O). The cerium salt is cerium nitrate hexahydrate (Ce(NO3)3.6H2O). The doping agent is yttrium oxide (Y2O3), scandium oxide (Sc2O3), calcium oxide (CaO), magnesium oxide (MgO), praseodymium oxide (Pr2O3), neodymium oxide (Nd2O3), samarium oxide (Sm2O3), gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3), yttrium nitrate hexahydrate (Y(NO3)3.6H2O), gadolinium nitrate hexahydrate (Gd(NO3)3.6H2O). Preferred Composition: The concentration of inorganic salt in the third solution is 20-60 (preferably 26) g/L. The ratio of metal salt to mono or disaccharide is 2:100 - 50:100 (preferably 5:100). Preferred Method: The first solution is prepared by first dissolving the inorganic metal salt in water and then adding the doping agent to this solution.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compounds: The nickel salt may be Ni(COOH)2. The solution of mono or disaccharides contains sucrose, maltose, lactose, fructose, or glucose. The second solution contains sucrose and pectin. Preferred Composition: The concentration of mono or disaccharides in the third solution is 125-1000 (preferably 250) g/L. The ratio of mono or disaccharide to dispersant is 1:1 - 1000:1 (preferably 12.5:1, 20:1, 25:1, 100:3, 40:1, 50:1, 200:3, 100:1, 200:1, or 400:1). The ratio of sucrose to pectin is 1:1 - 1000:1 (preferably 12.5:1, 20:1, 25:1, 100:3, 40:1, 50:1, 200:3, 100:1, 200:1, or 400:1). EXAMPLE - The salts zirconium chloride (ZrCl4) and yttrium nitrate hexahydrate (Y(NO3)3.6H2O) were used as zirconia and yttria precursors. Zirconium chlorate was dissolved in distilled water on a warming plate at 100degreesC. Next, the yttrium nitrate was added to the solution. After homogenization, a sugar/pectin mixture with a mass ratio of 1:0.02 was added to the solution under continuous stirring. The solution was slowly dried at 100degreesC until it became completely gelatinized. The dried brown gel was subjected to a thermal treatment at 900degreesC to transform into stabilized zirconia nanoparticles.