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 …

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 …

Plasmonic nanoparticles can strongly interact with adjacent fluorophores, resulting in
plasmon-enhanced fluorescence or fluorescence quenching. This dipolar coupling is …

This review focuses on metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) and its current and future
applications in biotechnology. The mechanisms of MEF are discussed in terms of the …

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 …

We present quantum mechanics (QM)/frequency dependent fluctuating charge (QM/ωFQ)
and fluctuating dipoles (QM/ωFQFμ) multiscale approaches to model surface-enhanced …

This paper provides an overview of recent research activities concerning the quantum-
mechanical description of structures and properties of electronically excited chromophores …

Molecular modeling is nowadays a well-established analytical tool exactly as
spectroscopies or other experimental methodologies, and we expect that its impact on many …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a technique that has broad implications for
biological and chemical sensing applications by providing the ability to simultaneously …

Metal nanoparticles can either quench or enhance the emission of dyes in their vicinity, but
the precise measurement and understanding of this effect is still hindered by experimental …