title: Seed-mediated synthesis of metal sulfide patchy nanoparticles.
abstract: Anisotropically phase-segregated nanoparticles, so-called patchy nanoparticles, are promising materials, because the close coupling of different components on the nanoscale may significantly improve application performance, or even create new properties. We review the seed-mediated synthesis of various kinds of metal sulfide patchy nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. teranisi@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saruyama
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanehara