Continuous surface charge polarizable continuum models of solvation. I. General formalism

G Scalmani, MJ Frisch - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Continuum solvation models are appealing because of the simplified yet accurate
description they provide of the solvent effect on a solute, described either by quantum …

Continuum solvation models: A new approach to the problem of solute's charge distribution and cavity boundaries

B Mennucci, J Tomasi - The Journal of chemical physics, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
In continuum solvation models the definition of a cavity that embeds the solute molecule
leads to problems related to the portion of solute's electronic charge lying outside its …

Polarizable dielectric model of solvation with inclusion of charge penetration effects

M Cossi, N Rega, G Scalmani, V Barone - The Journal of Chemical …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
An approximate method, recently proposed to include in continuum solvation models the
effects of electronic charge lying outside the solute cavity, has been adapted and …

Dielectric continuum methods for quantum chemistry

JM Herbert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on
continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes …

A new definition of cavities for the computation of solvation free energies by the polarizable continuum model

V Barone, M Cossi, J Tomasi - The Journal of chemical physics, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
In the half past century the development of powerful quantum mechanical methods for the
study of chemical processes involving isolated molecules has known an impressive …

Perspective: Polarizable continuum models for quantum-mechanical descriptions

F Lipparini, B Mennucci - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Polarizable continuum solvation models are nowadays the most popular approach to
describe solvent effects in the context of quantum mechanical calculations. Unexpectedly …

Symmetric versus asymmetric discretization of the integral equations in polarizable continuum solvation models

AW Lange, JM Herbert - Chemical Physics Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Discretization of the integral equations that define widely-used 'polarizable
continuum'solvation models fails to preserve certain properties of the integral operators …

Ab initio study of solvated molecules: a new implementation of the polarizable continuum model

M Cossi, V Barone, R Cammi, J Tomasi - Chemical Physics Letters, 1996 - Elsevier
We have implemented an efficient version of the polarizable continuum solvation model in
the GAUSSIAN94 package. This version exploits a new definition of surface elements area …

A variational formulation of the polarizable continuum model

F Lipparini, G Scalmani, B Mennucci… - The Journal of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Continuum solvation models are widely used to accurately estimate solvent effects on
energy, structural and spectroscopic properties of complex molecular systems. The …

Remarks on the use of the apparent surface charges (ASC) methods in solvation problems: Iterative versus matrix‐inversion procedures and the renormalization of the …

R Cammi, J Tomasi - Journal of computational chemistry, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We present a formal and numerical comparison between the iterative and matrix‐inversion
approaches of the polarizable continuum model. The formal analysis shows completely the …