1.         J. D. Feala, J. Cortes, P. M. Duxbury, A. D. McCulloch, C. Piermarocchi, and G. Paternostro, Statistical Properties and Robustness of Biological Controller-Target Networks. PLoS ONE 7, e29374 (2012).

                                                                                      2.         Yu. Gladush Yu, C. Piermarocchi, and V. Agranovich, Dynamics of excitons and free carriers in hybrid organic-inorganic quantum well structures, Phys. Rev. B 84, 205312 (2011).

                                                                                      3.         C. Piermarocchi, Materials spectroscopy: What would Schroedinger's cat see?, Nature Physics 7, 746 (2011).

                                                                                      4.         K. J. Xu and C. Piermarocchi, Dynamics of elastic and inelastic energy transfer between quantum dots in a microcavity, Phys. Rev. B 84, 115316 (2011).

                                                                                      5.         M. D. Kapetanakis, P. C. Lingos, C. Piermarocchi, J. Wang, and I. E. Perakis, All-optical four-state magnetization reversal in (Ga,Mn)As ferromagnetic semiconductors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 091111 (2011).

                                                                                      6.         M. Combescot, M. G. Moore, and C. Piermarocchi, Optical Traps for Dark Excitons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 206404 (2011).

                                                                                      7.         M. Combescot, M. G. Moore, and C. Piermarocchi, Optical traps for electrons produced by Pauli blocking, Europhys. Lett. 4, 47012 (2011). 

                                                                                      8.         M. J. A. Schuetz, M. G. Moore, and C. Piermarocchi, Trionic Optical Potential for Electrons in Semiconductors, Nature Physics, doi: 10.1038/nphys1775, (2010).

                                                                                      9.         M. Grochol, E. M. Kessler, and C. Piermarocchi, Exciton and Spin Coherence in Quantum Dot Lattices, in G. Slavcheva and P. Roussignol (eds.), Optical Generation and Control of Quantum Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures, NanoScience and Technology 146, 181, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2010)

                                                                            10.         J. D. Feala, J. Cortes, P. M. Duxbury, C. Piermarocchi, A. D. McCulloch, and G. Paternostro, Systems approaches and algorithms for discovery of combinatorial therapies, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine 2, 127 (2010).

                                                                            11.         M. D. Kapetanakis, I. E. Perakis, K. J. Wickey, C. Piermarocchi, and J. Wang, Femtosecond coherent control of spins in (Ga,Mn)As ferromagnetic semiconductors using light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047404 (2009).

                                                                            12.         K. J. Xu, Y. P. Huang, M. G. Moore, and C. Piermarocchi, Two-Qubit Conditional Phase Gate in Laser-Excited Semiconductor Quantum Dots Using the Quantum Zeno Effect, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 037401 (2009).

                                                                            13.         M. Grochol and C. Piermarocchi, Multi-spin errors in the optical control of a spin quantum lattice, Phys. Rev. B 78, 165324 (2008).

                                                                            14.         S. H. Tessmer, I. Kuljanishvili, C. Kayis, J. F. Harrison, C. Piermarocchi, and T. A. Kaplan, Nanometer-scale capacitance spectroscopy of semiconductor donor molecule (review paper) Physica B 403, 3773 (2008).

                                                                            15.         M. Grochol and C. Piermarocchi, Microcavity polaritons in disordered exciton lattices, Phys. Rev B 78 035323 (2008).

                                                                            16.         I.Kuljanishvili, C. Kayis, J. F. Harrison, C. Piermarocchi, T. A. Kaplan, S. H. Tessmer, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Scanning-probe spectroscopy of semiconductor donor molecules, Nature Physics 4, 227, doi:10.1038/nphys855 (2008).

                                                                            17.         E. M. Kessler, M. Grochol, and C. Piermarocchi, Light-mass Bragg cavity polaritons in planar quantum dot lattices, Phys. Rev. B. 77, 085306 (2008).

                                                                            18.         C. Piermarocchi, Quantum spin memories and dot lattice polaritons in planar microcavities, Proceedings of SPIE -- Volume 6903, Advanced Optical Concepts in Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication, Zameer U. Hasan, Alan E. Craig, Philip R. Hemmer, Editors, 69030K (Jan. 29, 2008).

                                                                            19.         S.H. Tessmer, I. Kuljanishvili, C. Piermarocchi, T. A. Kaplan, J. F. Harrison, Scanning charge accumulation probe of semiconductor donor molecules, AIP Conference Proceedings, Workshop on Mesoscopic Physics, WNMP07 995, 130-134 (Oct. 2007).

                                                                            20.         D. Calzolari, G. Paternostro, P. L. Harrington Jr. , C. Piermarocchi, and P. M. Duxbury, Selective control of the apoptosis network in heterogeneous cell populations, PLoS ONE 2(6): e547, (2007).

                                                                            21.         Y. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Radiation-induced current in quantum wires with side-coupled nanorings, Phys. Rev. B 75, 035326 (2007).

                                                                            22.         M. V. Katkov, Y. V. Pershin, and C. Piermarocchi, Theory of cavity-polariton self-trapping and optical strain in polymer chains, Phys. Rev. B 74, 224306 (2006).

                                                                            23.         G. Quinteiro Rosen, J. Fernandez-Rossier, and C. Piermarocchi, Long-range spin-qubit interaction mediated by microcavity polaritons, Phys. Rev. Lett.  97,  097401 (2006).

                                                                            24.         A.Muller, P. Bianucci, C. Piermarocchi, M. Fornari, I. C. Robin, R. Andr_ and C. K. Shih, Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of individual Te impurity centers in ZnSe, Phys. Rev. B 73, 081306 (R) (2006).

                                                                            25.         M. V. Katkov and C. Piermarocchi, Coherent control of lattice deformations in quantum wires by optical self-trapping, Phys. Rev. B 73, 033305 (2006).

                                                                            26.         Y. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Photovoltaic effect in bent quantum wires in the ballistic transport regime, Phys. Rev B 72 ,195340 (2005).

                                                                            27.         B. Deveaud, L. Kappei. J. Berney, F. Morier-Genoud, M. T. Portella-Oberli, J. Szczytko, and C. Piermarocchi, Excitonic effects in the luminescence of quantum wells, Chem. Phys. 318, 104 (2005).

                                                                            28.         A.Fedorov,  Y. V. Pershin  and C. Piermarocchi,  Spin-photovoltaic effect in quantum wires due to inter-subband transitions, Phys. Rev. B, 72 245327 (2005).

                                                                            29.         Y. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Persistent and radiation-induced currents in distorted quantum rings, Phys. Rev. B 72, 125348 (2005).

                                                                            30.         G. F. Quinteiro and C. Piermarocchi, Entanglement and errors in the control of spins by optical coupling, Phys. Rev. B 72, 045334 (2005).

                                                                            31.         Y. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Spin photovoltaic effect in quantum wires with Rashba interaction, Applied Physics Letters 86, 212107 (2005).

                                                                            32.         Y. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Laser-controlled local magnetic field with semiconductor quantum rings, Phys. Rev. B 72, 245331 (2005).

                                                                            33.         Q. Q. Wang, A. Muller, P. Bianucci, E. Rossi, Q. K. Kue, T. Takagahara, C. Piermarocchi, A. H. MacDonald, and C. K. Shih, Decoherence processes during active manipulation of excitonic qubits in semiconductor quantum dots, Phys. Rev. B, 72  035306 (2005) .

                                                                            34.         C. Piermarocchi and G. F. Quinteiro, Coherent optical control of spin-spin interaction in doped semiconductors, Phys. Rev. B 70, 235210 (2004).

                                                                            35.         T. A. Kaplan and C. Piermarocchi, Spin swap versus double occupancy in quantum gates, Phys. Rev. B 70, 161311(R) (2004).

                                                                            36.         J. Fernandez-Rossier, C. Piermarocchi, Pochung Chen, A. H. MacDonald, and L. J. Sham, Coherently photo-induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 127201 (2004).

                                                                            37.         C. Piermarocchi, Optical quantum control of localized spins in semiconductors, in Noise and Information in Nanoelectronics, Sensors, and Standards II, Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5472 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004) p. 36.

                                                                            38.         P. Bianucci, A. Muller, C. K. Shih, Q. Q. Wang, X. K. Xue, C. Piermarocchi, Experimental realization of the one qubit Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm in a quantum dot, Phys. Rev. B 69, 161303 (R) (2004).

                                                                            39.         Pochung Chen, C. Piermarocchi, L. J. Sham, D. Gammon, and  D. G. Steel, Theory of Quantum Optical Control of Single Spin in a Quantum Dot,  Phys. Rev. B 69 075320 (2004).

                                                                            40.         X. Li, Y. Wu, D. G. Steel, D. Gammon, T. H. Stievater, D. S. Katzer, D. Park, L. J. Sham, and C. Piermarocchi, An all-optical quantum gate in a semiconductor quantum dot,  Science  301, 809 (2003).

                                                                            41.         C. Piermarocchi, Pochung Chen, L. J. Sham, and D. G. Steel, Quantum Control of Spins and Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dots, in Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CL, edited by B. Deveaud, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Vol. 150 (IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2003) pp. 289-302.

                                                                            42.         Gang Chen, T. H. Stievater, J. R. Guest, D. G. Steel, D. Gammon, Pochung Chen, C. Piermarocchi, and L. J. Sham, Coherent Optical Spectroscopy and Manipulation of Single Quantum Dots, in Quantum Coherence, Correlation, and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures, T. Takagahara (Ed.) Academic Press, San Diego  2003.

                                                                            43.         C. Piermarocchi, Pochung Chen, L. J. Sham, and D. G. Steel, Optical RKKY Interaction between Charged Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89,167402 (2002).

                                                                            44.         C. Piermarocchi, Pochung Chen, Y. S. Dale, and L. J. Sham,  Theory of Fast Quantum Control of Excitons Dynamics in Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Phys. Rev. B 65, 075307 (2002).

                                                                            45.         C. Piermarocchi, Theory of efficient quantum control in a single semiconductor quantum dot, in Radiation Matter interaction in confined Systems, Societa Italiana di Fisica, Bologna (2002).

                                                                            46.         F. Tassone and C. Piermarocchi, Optical signatures of bound pairs in highly excited semiconductors: excitonic gain and high-density emission bands, in Electrons and Photons in Solids, a Volume in Honor of Franco Bassani, Quaderni della Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa 2001.

                                                                            47.         T. H. Stievater, X. Li, D. G. Steel, D. Gammon, D. S. Katzer, D. Park, C. Piermarocchi, and L. J. Sham, Rabi Oscillations of Excitons in Single Quantum Dots,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 133603 (2001).

                                                                            48.         Pochung Chen, C. Piermarocchi, L. J. Sham, Control of Spin Dynamics of Excitons in Nanodots for Quantum Operations, Phys. Rev. Lett.  87,  067401 (2001).

                                                                            49.         Pochung Chen, C. Piermarocchi, L. J. Sham, Theory of Optical Control of Exciton Spin Dynamics in a Semiconductor Dot, Physica E 10, 7 (2001).

                                                                            50.         C. Piermarocchi, F. Tassone, Role of bound pairs in the optical properties of highly excited semiconductors: a self consistent ladder approximation approach, Phys. Rev. B 63, 245308 (2001).

                                                                            51.         C. Piermarocchi, F. Tassone, C. Ciuti, V. Savona, P. Schwendimann, and A. Quattropani, One-dimensional Model of Many-Exciton effects in Photoluminescence spectra, phys. stat. sol. (a) 178, 435 (2000).

                                                                            52.         C. Ciuti, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, P. E. Selbmann, P. Schwendimann, and A. Quattropani, Strongly Driven Exciton Resonances in quantum Wells: Light-Induced Dressing versus Coulomb Scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1752 (2000).

                                                                            53.         G. Grosso, G. Pastori Parravicini, and C. Piermarocchi, Energy levels of Ge quantum wells embedded in Si: A tight-binding approach, Phys. Rev. B 61 15 585 (2000).

                                                                            54.         G. Rochat, C. Ciuti, V. Savona, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani and P. Schwendimann, Excitonic Bloch equations for a two-dimensional system of interacting excitons, Phys. Rev. B 61, 13 856 (2000).

                                                                            55.         G. Cassabois, A. L. C. Triques, F. Bogani, C. Delalande, Ph. Roussignol, and C. Piermarocchi, Polariton-acoustic-phonon interaction in a semiconductor microcavity, Phys. Rev. B 61, 1696 (2000).

                                                                            56.         C. Ciuti, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, P. E. Selbmann, P. Schwendimann, and A. Quattropani, Coherence versus Coulomb Scattering in Resonantly Excited Quantum Wells, phys. stat. sol. (a) 178, 417 (2000).

                                                                            57.         F. Tassone, and C. Piermarocchi, Electron-hole correlation effects in the emission of light from quantum wires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 843 (1999).

                                                                            58.         C. Piermarocchi, R. Ambigapathy, D. Y. Oberli, E. Kapon, B. Deveaud, and F. Tassone, Excitonic Corrections and band gap renormalization in quantum wires, Solid State Commun. 112 , 433 (1999).

                                                                            59.         V. Savona, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann, and F. Tassone, Optical properties of microcavity polaritons, in Phase Transitions, Special Issue on New Aspects in Optical Properties of Nanostructures, 68 n. 1 169-279 (1999).

                                                                            60.         C. Ciuti, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, P. Selbmann, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann, Dressed semiconductor Bloch equations: coherence versus Coulomb scattering in resonantly excited quantum wells, Physica B 272, 335 (1999).

                                                                            61.         C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, P. E. Selbmann, P. Schwendimann, and F. Tassone, Photoluminescence spectra in semiconductor confined systems: effects of Coulomb correlation, phys. stat. sol. (b) 206, 455 (1998).

                                                                            62.         C. Ciuti, V. Savona, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Role of the exchange of carriers in elastic exciton-exciton scattering in quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 58 7926 (1998).

                                                                            63.         C. Ciuti, V. Savona, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Threshold behavior in the collision broadening of microcavity polaritons, Phys. Rev. B 58, R10 123 (1998).

                                                                            64.         J. Tignon, O. Heller, P. Roussignol, G. Bastard, C. Piermarocchi, R. Planel R and V. Thierry-Mieg, Carrier dynamics in shallow GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells, Physica E 2, 126 (1998).

                                                                            65.         C. Piermarocchi, F. Tassone, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Exciton formation rates in GaAs quantum wells, Phys. Rev B 55, 1333 (1997).

                                                                            66.         C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann, and F. Tassone, Photoluminescence and carrier dynamics in GaAs quantum wells, phys. stat. sol. (a) 164, 221 (1997).

                                                                            67.         C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann, and F. Tassone, Role of carrier phonon interaction on the exciton formation in quantum wells, phys. stat. sol. (b) 204, 191 (1997).

                                                                            68.         V. Savona, and C. Piermarocchi, Microcavity polaritons: Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous broadening in the strong coupling regime, phys. stat. sol. (a) 164, 45 (1997).

                                                                            69.         V. Savona, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani, F. Tassone, and P. Schwendimann, Microscopic theory of motional narrowing of microcavity polaritons in a disordered potential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4470 (1997).

                                                                            70.         F. Tassone, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Bottleneck effects in the relaxation and photoluminescence of microcavity polaritons, Phys. Rev. B 56, 7554 (1997).

                                                                            71.         M. Di Ventra, G. Grosso, G. Pastori Parravicini, and C. Piermarocchi, Electronic structure of n-i-p-i Si superlattices, Journal of Physics, Cond. Matt. 9, L657 (1997).

                                                                            72.         C. Piermarocchi, F. Tassone, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Nonequilibrium dynamics of free quantum well excitons in time resolved photoluminescence, Phys. Rev B 53, 15834 (1996).

                                                                            73.         F. Tassone, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Photoluminescence decay times in strong coupling semiconductors microcavities, Phys. Rev. B 53, R7642 (1996)

                                                                            74.         V. Savona, F. Tassone, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani and P. Schwendimann, Theory of polariton photoluminescence in arbitrary semiconductor microcavity structures, Phys. Rev. B 53, 13 051 (1996).

                                                                            75.         G. Grosso, G. Pastori Parravicini, and C. Piermarocchi, Valley splitting in triangular Si(001) quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 54, 16 393 (1996).

                                                                            76.         C. Piermarocchi, F. Tassone, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, and P. Schwendimann, Effect of the scattering by phonons on the temperature dependence of the free QW excitons radiative lifetimes, Il Nuovo Cimento 17 D, 1663 (1995).

                                                                            77.         G. Grosso, and C. Piermarocchi, Tight-binding model and interaction scaling laws for silicon and germanium, Phys. Rev. B 51, 16772 (1995).

                                                                            78.         V. Savona, F. Tassone, C. Piermarocchi, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann, and L. C. Andreani, Light emission from quantum well excitons in semiconductor microcavities, Il Nuovo Cimento 17 D, 1713 (1995).