Fratalocchi, AndreaDodson, Christopher M.Zia, RashidGenevet, PatriceVerhagen, EwoldAltug, HaticeSorger, Volker J.2015-02-202015-02-202015-02-20201510.1038/nnano.2014.314https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/111331WOS:000347405800005The advent of nanotechnology has allowed scientists to study light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. A considerable amount of fundamental knowledge has accumulated in the past two decades and the field of nano-optics may now in fact be on the cusp of delivering on practical applications in a variety of areas. This collection of short opinion pieces provides a glimpse of these technological possibilities and a preview of what we might expect.text::journal::journal article::research article