Geometrically Tunable Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles by Hao Jing, Li Zhang, and Hui Wang -- Optical Properties of Metallic Semishells — breaking the symmetry of plasmonic nanoshells by Jian Ye and Pol Van Dorpea -- Exploiting the tunable optical response of metallic nanoshells by Ovidio Peña-Rodrígue and Umapada Pal -- UV-Vis spectroscopy for characterization of metal nanoparticles formed from reduction of metal ions during ultrasonic irradiation by Kenji Okitsu -- Size-dependent optical properties of metallic nanostructures by Lucía B. Scaffardia, Daniel C. Schincaa, Marcelo Lester, Fabián A. Videla, Jesica M. J. Santillána and Ricardo M. Abraham Ekeroth -- Modelling and optical characterization of the localized surface plasmon resonances of tailored metal nanoparticles by J. Toudert -- Tailoring the Optical Properties of Silver Nanomaterials for Diagnostic Applications by Jae-Seung Lee -- Optical Properties of Oxides Films Dispersed with Nanometal Particles by Moriaki Wakaki and Eisuke Yokoyama -- Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires by Michael M. Adachi, Mohammedreza Khorasaninejad, Simarjeet S. Saini, Karim S. Karim -- Optical properties of oxide nanomaterials by A. B. Djuri_si_c, X. Y. Chen, J. A. Zapien, Y. H. Leung, A. M. C. Ng -- UV-VIS Spectroscopy/ Photoluminescence for Characterization of silica coated Core-shell nanomaterials by Masih Darbandi -- Optical and Excitonic Properties of Crystalline ZnS Nanowires by Rui Chen, Dehui Li, Qihua Xiong, and Handong Sun -- Optical Properties of Nanocomposites by Timothy O’Connor and Mikhail Zamkov -- Biomedical and Biochemical Tools of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Enabled by Colloidal Quantum Dot Nanocrystals for Life Sciences by Urartu Özgür -- Probing Photoluminescence Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconducto - Nanocrystal/Fullerene heterodimers with Single Molecule Spectroscopy by Zhihua Xu.

Second volume of a 40-volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Kumar. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview about UV-visible and photoluminescence spectroscopy for the characterization of nanomaterials. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry in the related fields.