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Description
Polaritonic and plasmonic chemistry is an interdisciplinary emerging field that presents several challenges and opportunities in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Cavities offer non-invasive ways to modulate and control molecular properties – and study unique states of matter (polaritons). In this talk, I will discuss our recent advances in the theoretical and computational modeling of molecules interacting strongly with quantum fields in optical cavities and metallic nanostructures. I will focus on the new time-dependent implementation that can be used to simulate energy transfer between molecules and up- and down-conversion of photons. If time permits, I will also show our simulations of chiral cavities that open the possibility of controlling enantioselectivity and introducing asymmetry in chemical reactions.
