Rewrite of intro for better understanding
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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ method for biomolecular electrostatics and nanoparticle plasmonics.
Biomolecular electrostatics:
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-For this application PyGBe computes solvation energies for proteins modeled with
-any number of dielectric regions. It uses uses a continuum model and the
+In this application, PyGBe uses continuum electrostatics to compute the solvation
+energy for proteins modeled with any number of dielectric regions. The
mathematical formulation follows Yoon and Lenhoff (1990) for solving the
Poisson-Boltzmann equation of the `implicit-solvent <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_solvation>`__
model in integral form.
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ model in integral form.
Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance :
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-For this application PyGBe computes the extinction cross section for nanoparticles,
-handeling the localized surface plasmon effects quasi-statically. It requires the
-the nanoparticles to be smaller than the wavelength of the incident light
-(long-wavelength limit) where electrostatics is a good approximation
+PyGBe also uses electrostatics to compute the extinction cross section of
+scatterers that are much smaller than the incident wavelength. This is relevant,
+for example to model localized surface plasmon resonance of nanoparticles, where
+the quasi-static approximation is valid
(`Mayergoyz, I. D. and Zhang, Z. (2007) <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4137779>`__,
`Jung, J., et al (2010) <https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.125413>`__).
