plasmonX: an Open-Source Code for Nanoplasmonics

plasmonX provides an implementation of atomistic and implicit approaches for nanoplasmonics, \(\omega\text{FQ}\), \(\omega\text{FQF}\mu\), BEM (DPCM and IEFPCM variants), in the quasi-static approximation.

Main References

plasmonX

T. Giovannini, P. Grobas Illobre, P. Lafiosca, L. Nicoli, L. Bonatti, S. Corni, C. Cappelli. Comput. Phys. Commun., 2026, 322, 110035. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2026.110035

ωFQ

T. Giovannini, M. Rosa, S. Corni, C. Cappelli. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 6004–6015. DOI: 10.1039/C8NR09134J

T. Giovannini, L. Bonatti, M. Polini, C. Cappelli. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 7595–7602. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02051

ωFQFμ

T. Giovannini, L. Bonatti, P. Lafiosca, L. Nicoli, M. Castagnola, P. Grobas Illobre, S. Corni, C. Cappelli. ACS Photonics, 2022, 9, 3025–3034. DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00761

L. Nicoli, P. Lafiosca, P. Grobas Illobre, L. Bonatti, T. Giovannini, C. Cappelli. Front. Photonics, 2023, 4, 1199598. DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1199598

BEM

P. Grobas Illobre, L. Bonatti, P. Lafiosca, T. Giovannini, C. Cappelli. J. Chem. Phys., 2025, 162, 044103. DOI: 10.1063/5.0245629

Acknowledgments

plasmonX has received various fundings:

  • Progetti Interni Coordinati 2016, Scuola Normale Superiore

  • European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 818064) – ERC-COG GEMS

  • MUR-FARE Ricerca in Italia: Framework per l’attrazione ed il rafforzamento delle eccellenze per la Ricerca in Italia - III edizione. Prot. R20YTA2BKZ

  • European Research Council (ERC) under the grant ERC-CoG-681285 TAME-Plasmons

  • Ricerca Scientifica di Ateneo 2024 (INNOVATIONS), University of Rome Tor Vergata