The polarizable continuum model (PCM) is a computational method originally formulated 30
years ago but still today it represents one of the most successful examples among …

This review on continuum solvation models has been preceded in Chemical Reviews by
others addressing the same subject. They are due to Tomasi and Persico1 (published in …

is reformulated, overcoming some of the numerical limitations encountered and extending its
range of applicability. We first recast the problem in terms of induced polarization charges …

In the mid-1970s, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was discovered which
impacted on surface science and spectroscopy because of its extremely high surface …

There has been a great interest in understanding the interactions between light and noble
metal nanoparticles ever since Michael Faraday's study of the ruby-red color of colloidal …

The applications of multiscale quantum–classical (QM–MM) approaches have shown an
extraordinary expansion and diversification in the last couple of decades. A great proportion …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was originally discovered in the 1970s [1,
2] where it was found that submonolayers of small nonresonant organic molecules, such as …

In the past few decades, quantum mechanical (QM) modelling has moved from isolated
molecules made of few atoms to large supramolecular aggregates embedded in complex …

The study of molecular systems in a condensed phase with quantum-mechanical tools
introduces problems not present in analogous studies on isolated molecules. Some of these …

Plasmonic nanocavities enable the confinement of molecules and electromagnetic fields
within nanometric volumes. As a consequence, the molecules experience a remarkably …