Topics lying within the scope of the journal include:

• Nanoparticles and nanoparticulate composite materials
• Quantum dots and other low-dimensional nanostructures
• Nanotubes, nanowires, and nanofibers
• Nanowaveguides and nanoantennas
• Sculptured thin films and nanostructured photonic crystals
• Quantum optics and spintronics
• Nanoscale optical electronics
• Surface plasmons and nanoplasmonics
• Ultrashort pulse propagation
• Light-harvesting materials and devices
• Nanophotonic detectors
• Near-field optics
• Optical manipulation techniques, spectroscopies, and scattering techniques
• Molecular self-assembly, and other nanofabrication techniques
• Nanobiophotonics
• Nanophotonic concepts and systems that facilitate continued integration of various optical and/or electronic functions
• Dynamically tunable, multifunctional, and/or active nanomaterials and metamaterials

• Science Citation Index Expanded
• WHERECurrent Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Science
• WHERECurrent Contents - Engineering, Computing & Technology
• WHEREInspec
• WHEREScopus
• WHEREEi Compendex
• WHEREChemical Abstracts