"it serves as an excellent entry into the field, giving the student more than enough support to understand the concepts ... Anyone working in the area of colloids/interfaces should have a copy of this book. It makes an excellent reference book if you are an advanced practitioner and an excellent text if you are just getting started."

"... the basic physics and chemistry of the technology presented will not be challenged for the foreseeable future, making this book an excellent time enduring reference, and the articles will provide a historical perspective, in the respective areas of nanotechnology, for past and future trends and directions in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The articles contained within the book are very well written, making them a pleasure to read. They also include high quality colour graphics that provide, for the reader, an elegant visual connection to what is being discussed in the text."

"The extensive bibliography makes this book a good reference work representative of the field as a whole ¡­ Overall the book is well organized and covers the necessary topics to serve as an introductory text to the properties and role of nanomaterials in optical and photonic applications ... the key strengths of the book are that it presents a nicely flowing birds-eye overview of nanomaterial optics and spectroscopy, and it is attractively priced."

"This book contains good technical depth and requires a basic understanding of quantum mechanics... The author gives clear and concise explanations, making it easier to understand the complex ideas being conveyed. As such, this would be an excellent postgraduate text for learning about quantum mechanics, scanning probe microscopy, and electron transport at nanoscale dimensions."

"This book would be of interest to those in academic or industrial research that model MEMS devices. The book will provide some of the latest methods used to model these devices along with some experimental methods used to characterize MEMS."

"The writing is clear, sophisticated and professional, but at the same time personal and accessible ... this book really is comprehensive, presenting basic background information, detailed descriptions of the systems and of the techniques used to study them, and challenges and opportunities for future directions of research and study."