Preparation of Noble Metal Colloids and Selected Structures. - Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy: Alternative Modes of Use for NSOM Probes. - Nanoparticles with Tunable Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances. - Colloid Surface Chemistry. - Bioanalytical Sensing Using Noble Metal Colloids. - Theory of Fluorophore-Metallic Surface Interactions. - Surface-Enhancement of Fluorescence Near Noble Metal Nanostructures. - Time Resolved Fluorescence Measurements of Fluorophores Close to Metal Nanoparticles. - Copper-Coated Self-Assembled Monolayers: Alkanethiols and Prospective Molecular Wires. - Principles and Applications of Surface-Plasmon Field-Enhanced Fluorescence Techniques. - Optically Detectable Colloidal Metal Labels: Properties Methods and Biomedical Applications. - Noble Metal Nanoparticle Biosensors. - Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission: A New Method for Sensitive Fluorescence Detection. - Radiative Decay Engineering (RDE). Language: English