The book presents new results in the areas of nanomaterials, nanoparticles, ultra-small nanoparticles, plasmonic nanoparticles and coated nanoparticles for bio-medical applications. Emphasis is placed on (1) synthetic routes (quantum dots, thermal decomposition methods), (2) characterization methods (photo-physical techniques, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, light scattering, positron annihilation spectroscopy) and (3) bio-medical applications (nanomaterials and nanoparticles in physiology, medicine and bio-medicine).