Light has always played a significant role in the synthesis of materials
and formation of small-scale solid structures. The invention of
holographic and phase mask projection has enabled engineers to fabricate
devices with characteristic features much smaller than the wavelength of
the light used for processing. A further reduction of device dimensions
has been achieved by implementing the processes that rely strongly on
the non-linear effects of light-matter interaction. The intention of
this book was to provide the Reader, primarily graduate students and
young researchers in materials engineering, bio(chem)physics, medical
physics and biophysics, with a set of articles reviewing state-of-the
art research and recent advancements in the field of photon-matter
interaction for micro/nanomaterials synthesis and manipulation of
properties of biological and inorganic materials at the atomic level.
Photon-based nanoscience and related technologies have created exciting
opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of
nano(bio)material devices and systems, and it is expected to
significantly contribute to the development of Nanobiophotonics and
Nanomedicine.