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• V. Arima, M. Iurlo, L. Zoli, S. Kumar, et al.
  Toward quantum-dot cellular automata units: thiolated-carbazole linked bisferrocenes. Nanoscale, 4, 813-823, (2012)
• F. Della Sala, E. Fabiano, S. Laricchia, S. D'Agostino, M. Piacenza
  The role of exact-exchange in the theoretical description of organic-metal interfaces. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 110, 2162 - 2172, (2010)
• G. Cirmi, D. Brida, A. Gambetta, M. Piacenza, et al.
  Observation and control of coherent torsional dynamics in a quinquethiophene molecule. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 7917-7923, (2010)
• R. Grisorio, G. Melcarne, G. P. Suranna, P. Mastrorilli, et al.
  First disubstituted dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide monodispersed molecular materials for efficient blue-electroluminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 1012-1018, (2010)
• E. Fabiano, M. Piacenza, S. D'Agostino, F. Della Sala
  Towards an accurate description of the electronic properties of the biphenylthiol/gold interface: The role of exact exchange. Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, 234101,1-10, (2009)
• N. Baadji, M. Piacenza, T. Tugsuz, F. Della Sala, et al.
  Electrostatic spin crossover effect in polar magnetic molecules. Nature Materials, 8, 813-817, (2009)
• M. Piacenza, S. D'Agostino, E. Fabiano, F. Della Sala
  Ab initio depolarization in self-assembled molecular monolayers: Beyond conventional density-functional theory. Physical Review B, 80, 153101, 1-4, (2009)
• F. Matino, V. Arima, M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala, et al.
  Rectification in supramolecular Zinc-Porphyrin/Fullero-pyrrolidine dyads self-organized on Gold(111). ChemPhysChem, 10, 2633-2641, (2009)
• E. Fabiano, M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala
  Structural and electronic properties of gold microclusters: assessment of the localized Hartree-Fock method. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 9160-9169, (2009)
• M. Zambianchi, F. Di Maria, A. Cazzato, G. Gigli, et al.
  Microwave-assisted synthesis of thiophene fluorophores, labeling and multilabeling of monoclonal antibodies and long lasting staining of fixed cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131, 10892-10900, (2009)
• M. Piacenza, D. Comoretto, M. Burger, V. Morandi, et al.
  Raman spectra of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s with fluorinated vinylene units: evidence of inter-ring distortion. ChemPhysChem, 10, 1284-1290, (2009)
• B. M. Wong, M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala
  Absorption and fluorescence properties from long-range-corrected time-dependent density functional theory: application to push-pull oligothiophene derivatives. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 4498-4508, (2009)
• M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala, G.M. Farinola, C. Martinelli, G. Gigli
  Large blue-shift in the optical spectra of fluorinated polyphenylenevinylenes. A combined theoretical and experimental study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, 2996-3004, (2008)
• M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala, E. Fabiano, T. Maiolo, G. Gigli
  Torsional effects on excitation energies of thiophene derivatives induced by beta-substituents: Comparison between time-dependent density functional theory and approximated coupled cluster approaches. J. Comp. Chem., 29, 451-457, (2008)
• M. Piacenza, M. Zambianchi, G. Barbarella, G. Gigli, F. Della Sala
  Theoretical study on oligothiophene N-succinimidyl esters: size and push-pull effects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10, 5363-5373, (2008)
• I. Viola, F. Della Sala, M. Piacenza, L. Favaretto, et al.
  Bicolor pixels from a single active molecular material by surface-tension-driven deposition. Adv. Mater., 19, 1597-1602, (2007)
• M. Piacenza, I. Hyla-Krispin, S. Grimme
  A comparative quantum chemical study of the ruthenium catalyzed olefin metathesis. J. Comp. Chem., 28, 2275-2285, (2007)
• T. Glaser, I. Liratzis, O. Kataeva, R. Fröhlich, et al.
  Influence of hydrogen-bonding on the reduction potential of a Cu(II) center. Chem. Comm., 9, 1024-1026, (2006)
• M. Piacenza, J.R. Rakow, I. Hyla-Krispin, S. Grimme
  Theoretical Study of the Effects of Phosphine Substituents on Bonding Properties of Acetylene with Ni(PR3)2 [R= H, CH3, F, CH3, C6H5]. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 1, 213-221, (2006)
• M. Merkel, N. Möller, M. Piacenza, S. Grimme, et al.
  Less symmetrical dicopper(II) complexes as catechol oxidase models - an adjacent thioether group increases catecholase activity. Chem. Eur. J., 11, 1201-1209, (2005)
• M. Piacenza, S. Grimme
  Van der Waals interactions in aromatic systems: structures and energetics of dimers and trimers of pyridine. ChemPhysChem, 6, 1554-1558, (2005)
• M. Piacenza, S. Grimme
  Van der Waals complexes of polar aromatic molecules: unexpected structures for dimers of azulene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 14841-14848, (2005)
• M. Piacenza, S. Grimme
  A systematic quantum chemical study of DNA-base tautomers. J. Comp. Chem., 25, 83-98, (2004)
• C. Ernst, M. Piacenza, S. Grimme, W. Klaffke
  Epoxidation of C-branched glycals: unexpected stereochemical results and their theoretical rationale. Carbohydrate Research, 338, 231-236, (2003)
• B. Fraser-Reid, S. Grimme, M. Piacenza, M. Mach, U. Schlueter
  Orthoesters versus 2-O-Acyl glycosides as glycosyl donors: Theoretical and experimental studies. Chem. Eur. J., 9, 4687-4692, (2003)
• E. Haselbach, M. Allan, T. Bally, P. Bednarek, et al.
  Spiro[4.4]nonatetraene and its positive and negative radical ions: Molectronic structure investigations. Helv. Chim. Acta, 84, 1670-1693, (2001)

Professional Experience

Since 2009
Head of the ICAMS coordination office

2006-2009
National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL), Lecce, Italy
Optical properties of organic molecules and polymers
Organic structures on metal surfaces
Molecular spintronics

2000-2005
Münster University, Münster, Germany
DFT and ab initio calculations
Weakly interacting systems
Organometallic complexes
Organic and bioorganic systems

1999-2000
Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
Excited state calculations for organic compounds and clusters

Education

2005. PhD, Theoretical Organic Chemistry, Universität Münster

2000. Diploma, Chemistry, Universität Bonn