Method of producing prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles, and prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles obtained by the method, dispersion of the nanoparticles, method of regulating the color of the nanoparticles, and electrode and transmitted light-regulator each using the nanoparticles

A method of producing Prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles, comprising, mixing a crystal of a Prussian blue-type metal complex having the following metal atom MA and the following metal atom MB of being crosslinked via a cyano group CN with an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having the following metal atom MC as a central metal and/or an aqueous solution containing a cation of the following metal atom MD, wherein the metal atom MA:

• at least one metal atom, or two or more metal atoms, selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, nickel, platinum, and copper;
• the metal atom MB:
• at least one metal atom, or two or more metal atoms, selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, copper, silver, zinc, lanthanum, europium, gadolinium, lutetium, barium, strontium, and calcium;
• the metal atom MC:
• at least one metal atom, or two or more metal atoms, selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, nickel, platinum, and copper;
• and the meta atom MD:
• at least one metal atom, or two or more metal atoms, selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, copper, silver, zinc, lanthanum, europium, gadolinium, lutetium, barium, strontium, and calcium.