1. Optical properties of nanoparticles

   Editorial Pages: 291 - 291

2. Collectivity in the optical response. of small metal clusters

   • S. Kümmel
   • K. Andrae
   • P.-G. Reinhard

   Pages: 293 - 297

3. Influence of the cross section and the permittivity on the plasmon-resonance spectrum of silver nanowires

   • J.P. Kottmann
   • O.J.F. Martin

   Pages: 299 - 304

4. Do Mie plasmons have a longer lifetime on resonance than off resonance?

   • M. Scharte
   • R. Porath
   • A. Liebsch

   Pages: 305 - 310

5. Selective suppression of extinction within the plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles

   • S. Linden
   • A. Christ
   • H. Giessen

   Pages: 311 - 316

6. The color of finely dispersed nanoparticles

   • M. Quinten

   Pages: 317 - 326

7. Broadening of resonances in yttrium nanoparticle optical spectra

   • M. Gartz
   • M. Quinten

   Pages: 327 - 332

8. Determination of size and concentration of copper nanoparticles dispersed in glasses using spectroscopic ellipsometry

   • S. Kürbitz
   • J. Porstendorfer
   • G. Berg

   Pages: 333 - 337

9. Anomalous dispersion in nanocomposite films at the surface plasmon resonance

   • R. Serna
   • J. Gonzalo
   • J.C.G. de Sande

   Pages: 339 - 343

10. Luminescence from copper nanoparticles

    • P.D. Townsend
    • R. Brooks
    • J. Gonzalo

    Pages: 345 - 353

11. Production of “dichroitic” diffraction gratings in glasses containing silver nanoparticles via particle deformation with ultrashort laser pulses

    • G. Seifert
    • M. Kaempfe
    • H. Graener

    Pages: 355 - 359

12. Silver nanoparticles deposited on dielectric surfaces

    • A. Hilger
    • M. Tenfelde
    • U. Kreibig

    Pages: 361 - 372

13. Electromagnetic interaction of fluorophores with designed two-dimensional silver nanoparticle arrays

    • H. Ditlbacher
    • N. Felidj
    • F.R. Aussenegg

    Pages: 373 - 377

14. An opto-mechanical nanoshell–polymer composite

    • S.R. Sershen
    • S.L. Westcott
    • N.J. Halas

    Pages: 379 - 381

15. Ultrafast optical nonlinear properties of metal nanoparticles

    • N. Del Fatti
    • F. Vallée

    Pages: 383 - 390

16. Theory of spectral hole burning for the study of ultrafast electron dynamics in metal nanoparticles

    • T. Vartanyan
    • J. Bosbach
    • F. Träger

    Pages: 391 - 399

17. Dynamics of Na clusters in picosecond laser pulses

    • P.-G. Reinhard
    • E. Suraud

    Pages: 401 - 406

18. Photo-ionization efficiency curves of alkali nanoclusters in a beam and determination of metal work functions

    • K. Wong
    • V. Kasperovich
    • V.V. Kresin

    Pages: 407 - 410

19. Energy dependence of the decay pathways of optically excited small gold clusters

    • M. Vogel
    • K. Hansen
    • L. Schweikhard

    Pages: 411 - 416

20. Stability patterns and ionization potentials of CrnOm clusters (n=3-50, m=0,1,2)

    • X. Wang
    • S. Neukermans
    • P. Lievens

    Pages: 417 - 423

21. Surface plasmon assisted photoemission from Au nanoparticles on graphite

    • C. Kennerknecht
    • H. Hövel
    • W. Pfeiffer

    Pages: 425 - 429