Light is one of the more common physical tools to fabricate, manipulate and characterize nano-particles. At the same time, nanomaterial advances allow new optical phenomena such as new sources, metamaterials, and resonance. Thus, their interaction is a major issue in modern physics and was the topic of this symposium of EMRS 2016 taking place in Lille (France). You will find some of the main associated papers in this issue of Material Today: Proceeding. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd.