Associate professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Tromsø

Mailing address:

Department of Chemistry
University of Tromsø
N-9037 Tromsø Norway

Research interests

• Linear and Nonlinear Molecular properties
• Solvation effects
• Multiwavelet theory in Quantum Chemistry

Selected publications

• n-alkyl alcohols at the water/vapour, water/benzene interfaces: a study on phase transfer energies. L. Frediani, C. S. Pomelli, J. Tomasi. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2 4876--4883, 2000.
• A second-order, quadratically convergent multiconfigurational self-consistent field polarizable continuum model for equilibrium and nonequilibrium solvation. R. Cammi, L. Frediani, B. Mennucci, J. Tomasi, K. Ruud, K. V. Mikkelsen. J. Chem. Phys. 117, 13--26 2002.
• Multiconfigurational self-consistent field linear response for the polarizable continuum model: Theory and application to ground and excited-state polarizabilities of para-nitroaniline in solution. R. Cammi, L. Frediani, B. Mennucci and K. Ruud. J. Chem. Phys. 119 5818--5827, 2003.
• Solvent effects on the indirect spin-spin coupling constants of benzene: The DFT-PCM approach. K. Ruud, L. Frediani, R. Cammi and B. Mennucci. Int. J. Mol. Sciences, 4, 119--134, 2003.
• Quantum-mechanical continuum solvation study of the polarizability of halides at the water/air interface. L. Frediani, B. Mennucci and R. Cammi. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 13796--13806, 2004
• A polarizable continuum model for molecules at diffuse interfaces. L. Frediani, R. Cammi, S. Corni and J. Tomasi. J. Chem. Phys. 120, 3893--3907, 2004.
• New developments in the symmetry-adapted algorithm of the polarizable continuum model. L. Frediani, R. Cammi, C. S. Pomelli, J. Tomasi and K. Ruud, J. Computational Chem. 25, 375--385, 2004.
• Two-photon absorption in solution by means of time-dependent density-functional theory and the polarizable continuum model. L. Frediani, Z. Rinkevicius and H. Agren. J. Chem. Phys. 122, 2005.
• Second-harmonic generation of solvated molecules using multiconfigurational self-consistent-field quadratic response theory and the polarizable continuum model. L. Frediani, H. Agren, L. Ferrighi and K. Ruud. J. Chem. Phys. 123, 2005.
• Solvent effects on Raman optical activity spectra calculated using the polarizable continuum model. M. Pecul, E. Larnparska, C. Cappelli, L. Frediani and K. Ruud. J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 2807--2815, 2006.
• Fast numerical algorithms for applying separable integral operators in multiple dimensions. E. Fossgaard, L. Frediani, T. Flå and  K. Ruud. Submitted.
  
  

Curriculum Vitae

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