The present disclosure discloses a nanoparticle, a nanoparticle layer patterning method and related application. When the nanoparticle disclosed by the present disclosure is adopted to form a patterned nanoparticle layer on a substrate, a photosensitive material is added in the nanoparticle, then a protective group in a first ligand is dissociated to form an amino under the irradiation of light with a preset wavelength, a second ligand including an amino is formed on a surface of a nanometer particle, and a polarity of the second ligand is different from a polarity of the first ligand; and the amino of the second ligand is cross-linked with an adjacent nanoparticle.