The coherent exchange of energy between materials and optical fields leads to strong light–
matter interactions and so-called polaritonic states with intriguing properties, halfway …

Chemical manifestations of strong light–matter coupling have recently been a subject of
intense experimental and theoretical studies. Here we review the present status of this field …

Over the past decade, the possibility of manipulating chemistry and material properties using
hybrid light–matter states has stimulated considerable interest. Hybrid light–matter states …

Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) occurs when molecular vibrations hybridize with the
modes of an optical cavity, an interaction mediated by vacuum fluctuations. VSC has been …

Polaritonic chemistry is emerging as a powerful approach to modifying the properties and
reactivity of molecules and materials. However, probing how the electronics and dynamics of …

Molecular polaritons are quasiparticles resulting from the hybridization between molecular
and photonic modes. These composite entities, bearing characteristics inherited from both …

Metallic nanosystems with strong surface plasmon resonance have been a predominant
choice for surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE), leading to a plethora of sensing and …

Intermolecular (Coulombic) interactions are pivotal for aggregation, solvation, and
crystallization. We demonstrate that the collective strong coupling of several molecules to a …

Analytical gradients of potential energy surfaces play a central role in quantum chemistry,
allowing for molecular geometry optimizations and molecular dynamics simulations. In …

Strong coupling of molecules to vacuum fields is widely reported to lead to modified
chemical properties such as reaction rates. However, some recent attempts to reproduce …