Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Electrons and Electromagnetic Waves in Nanostructures: 2. Basic properties of waves and quantum particles; 3. Wave optics versus wave mechanics I; 4. Electrons in periodic structures and quantum confinement effects; 5. Semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots); 6. Nanoplasmonics I: metal nanoparticles; 7. Light in periodic structures: photonic crystals; 8. Light in non-periodic structures; 9. Photonic circuitry; 10. Tunneling of light; 11. Nanoplasmonics II: metal-dielectric nanostructures; 12. Wave optics versus wave mechanics II; Part II. Light-Matter Interaction in Nanostructures: 13. Light-matter interaction: introductory; 14. Density of states effects on optical processes; 15. Light-matter interaction beyond perturbational approach; 16. Plasmonic enhancement of secondary radiation; References; Index.