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 …

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 …

Molecular polaritons result from light-matter coupling between optical resonances and
molecular electronic or vibrational transitions. When the coupling is strong enough, new …

Polaritonic chemistry exploits strong light–matter coupling between molecules and confined
electromagnetic field modes to enable new chemical reactivities. In systems displaying this …

Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) between molecular vibrations and microcavity photons
yields a few polaritons (light-matter modes) and many dark modes (with negligible photonic …

Vibrational strong coupling offers newfound potential to affect chemical processes and
represents a wholly new approach to catalysis. While this presents extraordinary …

For a small fraction of hot CO2 molecules immersed in a liquid‐phase CO2 thermal bath,
classical cavity molecular dynamics simulations show that forming collective vibrational …

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

Here, we report enhancement of catalytic efficiency of an enzymatic reaction by co-operative
vibrational strong coupling (VSC) of water and the enzyme α-chymotrypsin. Selective strong …

Coupling between molecules and vacuum photon fields inside an optical cavity has proven
to be an effective way to engineer molecular properties, in particular reactivity. To ease the …