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 …

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 …

Soft-sphere continuum solvation in electronic-structure calculations

G Fisicaro, L Genovese, O Andreussi… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present an implicit solvation approach where the interface between the quantum-
mechanical solute and the surrounding environment is described by a fully continuous …

Universal solvation model based on solute electron density and on a continuum model of the solvent defined by the bulk dielectric constant and atomic surface …

AV Marenich, CJ Cramer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We present a new continuum solvation model based on the quantum mechanical charge
density of a solute molecule interacting with a continuum description of the solvent. The …

Highly accurate biomolecular electrostatics in continuum dielectric environments

YC Zhou, M Feig, GW Wei - Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Implicit solvent models based on the Poisson‐Boltzmann (PB) equation are frequently used
to describe the interactions of a biomolecule with its dielectric continuum environment. A …

Nonequilibrium solvation theory for the polarizable continuum model: A new formulation at the SCF level with application to the case of the frequency‐dependent …

R Cammi, J Tomasi - International Journal of Quantum …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We present a formulation of the nonequilibrium solvation problem for the polarizable
continuum model (PCM) computational scheme. The solvent is represented by a linear and …

Charge penetration in dielectric models of solvation

DM Chipman - The Journal of chemical physics, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
There is currently substantial interest in theoretically treating effects of solvation on the
properties of molecules, and several excellent reviews have recently appeared. 1–4 Among …

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 …

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 …

Treatment of the outlying charge in continuum solvation models

A Klamt, V Jonas - The Journal of chemical physics, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
Continuum solvation models have proven to yield very valuable information about solvation
effects, if cavities close to the van der Waals surface of the solutes are used for the …