"This is a potentially useful little book that summarises the main types of nanoparticles used for optical detection of molecules and ions in the chemical and biomedical areas. The layout is neat and the treatment is fairly concise and brief. ... I would suggest that it does serve as a useful compendium of the optical probe methods and with so many references all contained within a single volume, along with a very readable narrative it will be useful." (Peter J. Dobson, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 58 (2), February, 2017)
Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis starts with a brief introduction to several kinds of versatile nanomaterials with novel optical properties, such as gold/silver nanoparticles, quantum dots, upconversion nanoparticles and graphene.