2012 年 55 巻 p. 3-11
Recently, various types of nanoparticle materials come to be commercially available for development in the wide range of industrial application. Now, it is crucial important to consider the nanoparticles preparation from the viewpoint of the functional advancement on the optoelectronic, magnetic, catalytic, and mechanical materials. Within these applications, controlling nanoparticle shape has attracted attentions due to the increasing material functionality. Furthermore, structured nanoparticles are also expected to be the next generation of materials, because of a variety of characteristics including their mechanical properties and their optical and heat responses. In this presentation, we reviewed fundamental technique for the synthesis of shape controlled individual nanoparticles and structured nanoparticles, and focus on these properties from the viewpoint of functional materials.