Theoretical advances in polariton chemistry and molecular cavity quantum electrodynamics

A Mandal, MAD Taylor, BM Weight… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
When molecules are coupled to an optical cavity, new light–matter hybrid states, so-called
polaritons, are formed due to quantum light–matter interactions. With the experimental …

The rise and current status of polaritonic photochemistry and photophysics

R Bhuyan, J Mony, O Kotov, GW Castellanos… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The interaction between molecular electronic transitions and electromagnetic fields can be
enlarged to the point where distinct hybrid light–matter states, polaritons, emerge. The …

Modification of ground-state chemical reactivity via light–matter coherence in infrared cavities

W Ahn, JF Triana, F Recabal, F Herrera, BS Simpkins - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Reaction-rate modifications for chemical processes due to strong coupling between reactant
molecular vibrations and the cavity vacuum have been reported; however, no currently …

Manipulating matter by strong coupling to vacuum fields

FJ Garcia-Vidal, C Ciuti, TW Ebbesen - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND One of the most important phenomena in cavity quantum electrodynamics
(cQED) is the so-called strong coupling regime, which appears when the interaction …

Control, modulation, and analytical descriptions of vibrational strong coupling

BS Simpkins, AD Dunkelberger, I Vurgaftman - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Here, we review the design of optical cavities, transient and modulated responses, and
theoretical models relevant to vibrational strong coupling (VSC). While planar Fabry–Perot …

Molecular polaritons for chemistry, photonics and quantum technologies

B **ang, W **ong - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Molecular polaritons are quasiparticles resulting from the hybridization between molecular
and photonic modes. These composite entities, bearing characteristics inherited from both …

Quantum dynamical effects of vibrational strong coupling in chemical reactivity

LP Lindoy, A Mandal, DR Reichman - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Recent experiments suggest that ground state chemical reactivity can be modified when
placing molecular systems inside infrared cavities where molecular vibrations are strongly …

Molecular chemistry in cavity strong coupling

K Hirai, JA Hutchison, H Uji-i - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Chemistry under vibrational strong coupling

K Nagarajan, A Thomas… - Journal of the American …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals

E Galiffi, G Carini, X Ni, G Álvarez-Pérez… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Polaritons are a hybrid class of quasiparticles originating from the strong and resonant
coupling between light and matter excitations. Recent years have witnessed a surge of …