Deborah Kane holds a personal chair in physics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has more than 25 years’ research experience in atomic physics, lasers, optics, and photonics. Her current interests are nonlinear laser systems, especially integrated photonic sources, chaos data analysis, and micro- and nanophotonics in nature. She has more than 80 refereed research publications to her credit.Adam Micolich is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His main research interests are in nanoelectronics and low-dimensional electron systems, but he has also worked on organic electronics. He has over 95 refereed research publications in areas ranging from physics and chemistry to energy engineering and education research.James Rabeau is Associate Professor, ARC Fellow, and head of the Diamond Nanoscience group in the Department of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Canada and his PhD in the UK. His chief area of interest is diamond, from fabrication and processing to applications in quantum technologies and biological science.

"I am highly delighted by the book. Written by excellent research teams of highly renowned research institutes and university schools, the chapters give a broad overview on very actual and hot research topics, including experimental parts that clearly describe the use of state-of-the-art and cutting-edge characterization tools and methods at the nanoscale. This is of great interest for experienced and young professionals and late stage students in that area. In most cases, the chapters also provide information about possible future applications of the described nanomaterials, which is of great general interest. Overall, I think it is an excellent book that highlights the latest research in nanotechnology."— Prof. Peter Majewski, University of South Australia, Australia

• Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, Chapter 1. Plasmonic Circuits: Manipulating Light on the Nanoscale, Chapter 2. Nanoplasmonics for Light Trapping in Solar Cells, Chapter 3. Theoretical Nanoscale Design of Self-Cleaning Coatings, Chapter 4. Nitrogen-Vacancy Colour Centres in Diamond : Theory, Characterisation, and Applications, Chapter 5. Nanorods of Vanadium Compounds: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Chapter 6. Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation, Chapter 7. Synthesis and Application of HollowNanostructured Silica, Chapter 8. Chemical Synthesis of Graphene: From Single Layers to Several Grams, Chapter 9. Diagnosing Diseases with Rust: Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging, Chapter 10. Long-Lifetime Luminescent Nanobioprobes for Advanced Cytometry Biosensing, Chapter 11. Metal Nanostructure-En hanced Fluorescence and Its Biological Applications, Chapter 12. Making Sense of It All: A Review of Olfactory Biosensing, Errata

Deborah Kane holds a personal chair in physics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has more than 25 years’ research experience in atomic physics, lasers, optics, and photonics. Her current interests are nonlinear laser systems, especially integrated photonic sources, chaos data analysis, and micro- and nanophotonics in nature. She has more than 80 refereed research publications to her credit.Adam Micolich is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His main research interests are in nanoelectronics and low-dimensional electron systems, but he has also worked on organic electronics. He has over 95 refereed research publications in areas ranging from physics and chemistry to energy engineering and education research.James Rabeau is Associate Professor, ARC Fellow, and head of the Diamond Nanoscience group in the Department of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Canada and his PhD in the UK. His chief area of interest is diamond, from fabrication and processing to applications in quantum technologies and biological science.

"I am highly delighted by the book. Written by excellent research teams of highly renowned research institutes and university schools, the chapters give a broad overview on very actual and hot research topics, including experimental parts that clearly describe the use of state-of-the-art and cutting-edge characterization tools and methods at the nanoscale. This is of great interest for experienced and young professionals and late stage students in that area. In most cases, the chapters also provide information about possible future applications of the described nanomaterials, which is of great general interest. Overall, I think it is an excellent book that highlights the latest research in nanotechnology."— Prof. Peter Majewski, University of South Australia, Australia

• Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, Chapter 1. Plasmonic Circuits: Manipulating Light on the Nanoscale, Chapter 2. Nanoplasmonics for Light Trapping in Solar Cells, Chapter 3. Theoretical Nanoscale Design of Self-Cleaning Coatings, Chapter 4. Nitrogen-Vacancy Colour Centres in Diamond : Theory, Characterisation, and Applications, Chapter 5. Nanorods of Vanadium Compounds: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Chapter 6. Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation, Chapter 7. Synthesis and Application of HollowNanostructured Silica, Chapter 8. Chemical Synthesis of Graphene: From Single Layers to Several Grams, Chapter 9. Diagnosing Diseases with Rust: Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging, Chapter 10. Long-Lifetime Luminescent Nanobioprobes for Advanced Cytometry Biosensing, Chapter 11. Metal Nanostructure-En hanced Fluorescence and Its Biological Applications, Chapter 12. Making Sense of It All: A Review of Olfactory Biosensing, Errata

Deborah Kane holds a personal chair in physics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has more than 25 years’ research experience in atomic physics, lasers, optics, and photonics. Her current interests are nonlinear laser systems, especially integrated photonic sources, chaos data analysis, and micro- and nanophotonics in nature. She has more than 80 refereed research publications to her credit.Adam Micolich is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His main research interests are in nanoelectronics and low-dimensional electron systems, but he has also worked on organic electronics. He has over 95 refereed research publications in areas ranging from physics and chemistry to energy engineering and education research.James Rabeau is Associate Professor, ARC Fellow, and head of the Diamond Nanoscience group in the Department of Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Canada and his PhD in the UK. His chief area of interest is diamond, from fabrication and processing to applications in quantum technologies and biological science.

"I am highly delighted by the book. Written by excellent research teams of highly renowned research institutes and university schools, the chapters give a broad overview on very actual and hot research topics, including experimental parts that clearly describe the use of state-of-the-art and cutting-edge characterization tools and methods at the nanoscale. This is of great interest for experienced and young professionals and late stage students in that area. In most cases, the chapters also provide information about possible future applications of the described nanomaterials, which is of great general interest. Overall, I think it is an excellent book that highlights the latest research in nanotechnology."— Prof. Peter Majewski, University of South Australia, Australia

• Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, Chapter 1. Plasmonic Circuits: Manipulating Light on the Nanoscale, Chapter 2. Nanoplasmonics for Light Trapping in Solar Cells, Chapter 3. Theoretical Nanoscale Design of Self-Cleaning Coatings, Chapter 4. Nitrogen-Vacancy Colour Centres in Diamond : Theory, Characterisation, and Applications, Chapter 5. Nanorods of Vanadium Compounds: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Chapter 6. Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation, Chapter 7. Synthesis and Application of HollowNanostructured Silica, Chapter 8. Chemical Synthesis of Graphene: From Single Layers to Several Grams, Chapter 9. Diagnosing Diseases with Rust: Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging, Chapter 10. Long-Lifetime Luminescent Nanobioprobes for Advanced Cytometry Biosensing, Chapter 11. Metal Nanostructure-En hanced Fluorescence and Its Biological Applications, Chapter 12. Making Sense of It All: A Review of Olfactory Biosensing, Errata