Author Description

There is a huge demand for research tools allowing one to "see" and investigate materials and biological samples at a resolution of true nanoscale and to characterize and sense constituents at molecular levels as well to understand biochemical process at nanoscale. Optical techniques such as nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging make this possible. Tools involving enhanced and confined light in optical spectroscopy and imaging have pushed the spatial resolution far beyond the diffraction limits of light and the detection sensitivity to new scales. Continuous improvements open ways to novel applications at the forefront of scientific knowledge. The purpose of this interdisciplinary conference is to encompass all aspects of enhanced and confined light for nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging, including theory and novel concepts, experimental demonstration of novel concepts, major developmental progress and applications to any field in science, in particular, biological, medical, chemical, and the material sciences.