| Introduction |
| Nanoparticle Systems And Experimental Optical Observables |
| Classification of Nanoparticle Systems |
| Stability of Nanoparticle Systems |
| Extinction, Optical Density and Scattering |
| Interaction Of Light With Matter ? The Optical Material Function |
| Classical Description |
| Quantum Mechanical Concepts |
| Tauc - |
| Lorentz- and OJL - |
| Model |
| Kramers Kronig Relations and Penetration Depth |
| Fundamentals Of Light Scattering By An Obstacle |
| Maxwell's Equations and the Helmholtz Equation |
| Electromagnetic Fields |
| Boundary Conditions |
| Poynting's Law and Cross Sections |
| Far-Field and Near-Field |
| The Incident Electromagnetic Wave |
| Rayleigh's Approximation for Small Particles -The Dipole Approximation |
| Rayleigh-Debye-Gans Approximation for Vanishing Optical Contrast |
| Mie's Theory For Single Spherical Particles |
| Electromagnetic Fields and Boundary Conditions |
| Cross Sections, Scattering Intensities and Related Quantities |
| Resonances |
| Optical Contrast |
| Near-Field |
| Application Of Mie's Theory |
| Drude - Metal Particles |
| Noble Metal Particles |
| Catalyst Metal Particles |
| Magnetic Metal Particles |
| Rare Earth Metal Particles |
| Summary On Metal Particles |
| Semi-Metal and Semiconductor Particles |
| Carbonaceous Particles |
| Absorbing Oxide Particles |
| Nonabsorbing Oxide Particles |
| Particles With Phonon Polaritons |
| Miscellaneous Nanoparticles |
| Extensions Of Mie's Theory |
| Coated Spheres |
| Supported Nanoparticles |
| Charged Nanoparticles |
| Anisotropic Materials |
| Absorbing Embedding Media |
| Inhomogeneous Incident Waves |
| Limitations Of Mie's Theory - Size And Quantum Size Effects In Very Small Nanoparticles |
| Boundary Conditions - |
| The Spill-Out Effect |
| Free Path Effect in Nanoparticles |
| Chemical Interface Damping - Dynamic Charge Transfer |
| Beyond Mie's Theory I - Nonspherical Particles |
| Spheroids and Ellipsoids |
| Cylinder |
| Cubic Particle |
| Discrete Dipole Approximation |
| T-Matrix Method |
| Beyond Mie's Theory II - The Generalized Mie Theory |
| Derivation of the Generalized Mie Theory |
| Common Results |
| Extensions of the Generalized Mie Theory |
| The Generalized Mie Theory Applied To Different Systems |
| Gold and Silver Nanoparticle Systems |
| Metal Particles |
| Oxide Particles |
| Particles with Phonon Polaritons |
| Miscellaneous Particles |
| Nanoparticles With Differing Optical Constants |
| Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy |
| Particle Sizing |
| Statistical Particle Distributions |
| Densely Packed Systems |
| Many Flux Theories |
| The Two-Flux Theory of Kubelka and Munk |
| Improvements of the Kubelka-Munk Theory |
| Reflection of Gold Particle Monolayers - An Example for Kubelka-Munk and Generalized Mie Theory |
| Effective Medium Theories |
| Introduction |
| Nanoparticle Systems And Experimental Optical Observables |
| Classification of Nanoparticle Systems |
| Stability of Nanoparticle Systems |
| Extinction, Optical Density and Scattering |
| Interaction Of Light With Matter ? The Optical Material Function |
