ICAMS Members
Dr. Manuel Piacenza
Head of Coordination OfficeCoordination OfficeRuhr-Universität Bochum
IC 02-501
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel. +49 234 32 25480
Fax: +49 234 32 14990
Email: Manuel Piacenza
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2852-1356
Research Interests:
Originally trained as a quantum chemist, now responsible for:
Central administration
Financial controlling
Public relations
Student affairs
- 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 et al.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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, M. Zambianchi, G. Barbarella, G. Gigli et al.
Theoretical study on oligothiophene N-succinimidyl esters: size and push-pull effects, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10, 5363-5373, (2008)
- M. Piacenza, F. Della Sala, G.M. Farinola, C. Martinelli et al.
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 et al.
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)
- 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. 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.
Van der Waals interactions in aromatic systems: structures and energetics of dimers and trimers of pyridine, ChemPhysChem, 6, 1554-1558, (2005)
- 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.
A systematic quantum chemical study of DNA-base tautomers, J. Comp. Chem., 25, 83-98, (2004)
- B. Fraser-Reid, S. Grimme, M. Piacenza, M. Mach et al.
Orthoesters versus 2-O-Acyl glycosides as glycosyl donors: Theoretical and experimental studies, Chem. Eur. J., 9, 4687-4692, (2003)
- 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)
- 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
PostDoc at National Nanotechnology Laboratory of CNR/INFM, Lecce, Italy
PhD in Theoretical Organic Chemistry, Münster University
Study of Chemistry, Bonn University
