A. Cernuto, P. Tosi, L. Matteo Martini, F. Pirani and D. Ascenzi "Experimental investigation of the reaction of helium ions with dimethyl ether: stereodynamics of the dissociative charge exchange process" Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CP00827A

'''Since 2001'''

'''From 2001:'''\\

F. Pirani, D. Cappelletti, M. Bartolomei, V. Aquilanti, M. Scotoni, M. Vescovi, D. Ascenzi and D. Bassi; "Orientation of benzene in supersonic expansions probed by IR-laser absorption and by molecular beam scattering"; ''Physical Reviews Letters'' '''86''', 5035(2001).

P. Fathi, W.D. Geppert, F. Lindén, A. Cernuto, D. Ascenzi "Ion-neutral reaction of C'_2_'H'_2_'N'^+^' with CH'_4_': an experimental and theoretical study" ''Molecular Astrophysics'' '''5''', 9-22 (2016).

P. Fathi, W.D. Geppert, D. Ascenzi "Experimental and theoretical investigations of the ion-neutral reaction of C'_2_'H'_2_'N'^+^' with C'_2_'H'_6_' and implications on chain elongation processes in Titan's atmosphere" ''International Journal of Mass Spectrometry'' '''411''', 1-13 (2016).

F. Lindén, C. Alcaraz, D. Ascenzi, J.-C. Guillemin, L. Koch, A. Lopes, M. Polášek, C. Romanzin, J. Žabka, I. Zymak, W.D. Geppert "Is the Reaction of C'_3_'N'^-^' with C'_2_'H'_2_' a Possible Process for Chain Elongation in Titan's Ionosphere?" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''120''', 5337–5347 (2016).

M. Polášek, E.-L. Zins, C. Alcaraz, J. Žabka, V. Křížová, L. Giacomozzi, P. Tosi and D. Ascenzi "Selective Generation of the Radical Cation Isomers [CH'_3_'CN]'^•+^' and [CH'_2_'CNH]'^•+^' Via VUV Photoionization of Different Neutral Precursors and Their Reactivity with C'_2_'H'_4_'" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''120''', 5041–5052 (2016).

D. Ascenzi, J. Roithova, D. Schroder, E.L. Zins, C. Alcaraz, "Growth of doubly Ionized C,H,N Compounds in the Presence of methane" ''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''113''', 11204 (2009).

''Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'' '''10''', 7121-7128 (2008) DOI: 10.1039/b810398d

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, D. Schröder, "Gas-phase synthesis of the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH'_2_''^+^' using doubly ionised bromomethane as a superelectrophilic reagent"
''Chemical Communications'' '''34''', 4055-4057 (2008), DOI: 10.1039/b811115d

D. Ascenzi, J. Aysina, E.-L. Zins, D. Schroeder, J. Zabka, C. Alcaraz, S.D. Price, and J. Roithova, "Double ionization of cycloheptatriene and the reactions of the resulting C'_7_'H'_n_''^2+^' dications (n = 6, 8) with xenon" ''Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'' '''13''', 18330-18338 (2011).

E.-L. Zins, P. Milko, D. Schroeder, J. Aysina, D. Ascenzi, J. Zabka, C. Alcaraz, S.D. Price, and J. Roithova, "Formation of Organoxenon Dications in the Reactions of Xenon with Dications Derived from Toluene" ''Chemistry. A European Journal'' '''17''', 4012-4020 (2011).

C.J. Shaffer, D. Schröder, J. Roithová, E.-L. Zins, C. Alcaraz, J. Zabka, M. Polásek, D. Ascenzi, "Reactivity and properties of dications generated by photoionization of 2,5-norbornadiene" ''International Journal of Mass Spectrometry'' '''336''', 17– 26 (2013).

P. Fathi, W.D. Geppert, A. Kaiser, D. Ascenzi "Ion-neutral reactions of the C'_2_'H'_2_'N'^+^' cation with C'_2_'H'_2_': an experimental and theoretical study" ''Molecular Astrophysics'' '''2''', 1-11 (2016).

F. Lindén, C. Alcaraz, D. Ascenzi, J.-C. Guillemin, L. Koch, A. Lopes, M. Polášek, C. Romanzin, J. Žabka, I. Zymak, W.D. Geppert "Is the Reaction of C'_3_'N'^-^' with C'_2_'H'_2_' a Possible Process for Chain Elongation in Titan's Ionosphere?" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b01746 Publication Date (Web): May 2, 2016.

M. Polášek, E.-L. Zins, C. Alcaraz, J. Žabka, V. Křížová, L. Giacomozzi, P. Tosi and D. Ascenzi "Selective Generation of the Radical Cation Isomers [CH'_3_'CN]'^•+^' and [CH'_2_'CNH]'^•+^' Via VUV Photoionization of Different Neutral Precursors and Their Reactivity with C'_2_'H'_4_'" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''accepted for publication''' (2016).

D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, G. Guella, P.Tosi, "Formation of polynuclear copper complexes of guanine-based nucleobases in the gas phase studied by ESI-MS" ''International Journal of Mass Spectrometry'' '''354-355''', 303-311 (2013).

J. Aysina, A. Maranzana, G. Tonachini, P.Tosi, D. Ascenzi, "Growth of polyphenyls via ion–molecule reactions: An experimental and theoretical mechanistic study" ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''138''', 204310 (2013).

O. Dutuit, N. Carrasco, R. Thissen, V. Vuitton, C. Alcaraz, P. Pernot, N. Balucani, P. Casavecchia, A. Canosa, S. Le Picard, J.C. Loison, Z. Herman, J. Zabka, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, P. Franceschi, S. D. Price, P. Lavvas, "Critical Review of N, N'^+^', N'^+^''_2_' , N'^++^', And N'^++^''_2_' Main Production Processes and reactions of relevance to Titan’s Atmosphere" ''The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series'' '''204:20''' (2013).

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, P. Franceschi, D. Catone, S. Turchini, K.C. Prince, "Chemical synthesis in acetonitrile containing discharges. Insights from photoionization experiments with synchrotron radiation" ''Chemical Physics'' '''398''', 269-277 (2012).

G. Scarduelli, G. Guella, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, "Synthesis of liquid organic compounds from CH'_4_' and CO'_2_' in a dielectric barrier discharge operating at atmospheric pressure" ''Plasma Processes and Polymers'' '''8''', 25-31 (2011).

D. Ascenzi, J. Aysina, P. Tosi, A. Maranzana, G. Tonachini, "Growth of polyaromatic molecules via ion-molecule reactions: An experimental and theoretical mechanistic study" ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''113''', 184308 (2010).

J.M. Lucas, J. de Andres, E. Lopez, M. Alberti, J.M. Bofill, D. Bassi, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, A. Aguilar, "Guided-Ion-Beam and ab Initio Study of the Li'^+^', K'^+^', and Rb'^+^' Association Reactions with Gas-Phase Butanone and Cyclohexanone in Their Ground Electronic States" ''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''113''', 14766 (2009).

J. Zabka, M. Polasek, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithova, D. Schroder, "Reactivity of C'_2_'H'_5_''^+^' with benzene: Formation of Ethylbenzenium Ions and Implications for Titan's Ionospheric Chemistry" ''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''113''', 11153 (2009).

A. Giordana, G. Ghigo, G. Tonachini, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, G. Guella,
"The reaction of N'_2_'O with phenylium ions C'_6_'(H,D)'_5_''^+^': an integrated experimental and theoretical mechanistic study"" ''Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''131''', 024304 (2009).

J. M. Lucas, J. de Andrés, J. Sogas, M. Albertí, J. M. Bofill, D. Bassi, D. Ascenzi,
P. Tosi, A. Aguilar, "An experimental guided-ion-beam and ab initio study of the ion-molecule gas-phase reactions between Li'^+^' ions and iso-C'_3_'H'_7_'Cl in their ground electronic state" ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''131''', 024306 (2009).

P. Tosi, D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, G. Guella " Ion chemistry in gaseous discharges at atmospheric pressure" ''Plasma Source Science and Technology'' '''18''', 034005 (2009).

P. Franceschi, R. Thissen, O. Dutuit, C. Alcaraz, H. Soldi-Lose, D. Bassi, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Zabka, Z. Herman, M. Coreno, M. de Simone, "State-specific reactions and autoionization dynamics of Ar'^2+^' produced by synchrotron radiation"
''International Journal of Mass Spectrometry'' '''280''', 119-127 (2009) doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.07.020

''Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'' '''10''', 7121-7128 (2008) DOI: 10.1039/b810398d

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, D. Schröder, "Gas-phase synthesis of the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH'_2_''^+^' using doubly ionised bromomethane as a superelectrophilic reagent" ''Chemical Communications'' '''34''', 4055-4057 (2008) DOI: 10.1039/b811115d

G. Guella, D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, P. Tosi, "The intriguing case of organic impurities contained in synthetic methanol: a mass spectrometry based investigation" ''Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry'' '''21''', 3337-3344 (2007) DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3222

P. Franceschi, G. Guella, G. Scarduelli, P. Tosi, G. Dilecce, S. De Benedictis, "Chemical processes in the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment of benzene" ''Plasma Processes and Polymers'' '''4''', 548-555 (2007) DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200700004.

P. Franceschi, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, R. Thissen, J. Zabka, J. Roithova´, C.L. Ricketts, M. De Simone, M. Coreno, "Dissociative double photoionization of N'_2_' using synchrotron radiation: appearance energy of the N'^2+^' dication" ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''126''', 134310_1-134310_9 (2007).

F. Pirani, D. Cappelletti, M. Bartolomei, V. Aquilanti, G. Demarchi, P. Tosi, M. Scotoni, "The collisional alignment of acetylene molecules in supersonic seeded expansions probed by infrared absorption and molecular beam scattering" ''Chemical Physics Letters'' '''437''', 176-182 (2007).

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, C.L. Ricketts, D. Schröder, J.F. Lockyear, M.A. Parkes, S.D. Price, "Generation of the organo-rare gas dications HCCRg'^2+^' (Rg = Ar and Kr) in the reaction of acetylene dications with rare gases"
''Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'' '''10''', 7121-7128 (2008) DOI: 10.1039/b810398d

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, D. Schröder, "Gas-phase synthesis of the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH'_2_''^+^' using doubly ionised bromomethane as a superelectrophilic reagent"
''Chemical Communications'' '''34''', 4055-4057 (2008), DOI: 10.1039/b811115d

S. Longo, P. Diomede, A. Laricchiuta, G. Colonna, M. Capitelli, D. Ascenzi, M. Scotoni, P. Tosi, F. Pirani, "From Microscopic to Macroscopic Modeling of Supersonic Seeded Atomic Beam" ''Lecture Notes in Computer Science'' Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Volume 5072/2008 Pages 1131-1140 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-69839-5_86

D. Ascenzi, N. Cont, G. Guella, P. Franceschi, P. Tosi, "New insights into the reaction mechanisms of phenylium ions with benzene" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''111''', 12513-12523 (2007) DOI: 10.1021/jp075860h

M. Sabido, J.M. Lucas, J. de Andres, J. Sogas, M. Albertı´, A. Aguilar, D. Bassi,
D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, P. Tosi, F. Pirani, "Guided ion beams study of ion–molecule reactions at low collision energies: The Li'^+^'–acetone adduct formation in the
0.10–1.00 eV center of mass energy range" ''Chemical Physics Letters'' '''442''', 28-34 (2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.05.065.

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, C.L. Ricketts, D. Schröder, J.F. Lockyear, M.A. Parkes, S.D. Price, "Generation of the organo-rare gas dications HCCRg'^2+^' (Rg = Ar and Kr) in the reaction of acetylene dications with rare gases"
''Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics'' '''10''', 7121-7128 (2008) DOI: 10.1039/b810398d

D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. Roithová, D. Schröder, "Gas-phase synthesis of the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH'_2_''^+^' using doubly ionised bromomethane as a superelectrophilic reagent"
''Chemical Communications'' '''34''', 4055-4057 (2008), DOI: 10.1039/b811115d

S. Longo, P. Diomede, A. Laricchiuta, G. Colonna, M. Capitelli, D. Ascenzi, M. Scotoni, P. Tosi, F. Pirani, "From Microscopic to Macroscopic Modeling of Supersonic Seeded Atomic Beam" ''Lecture Notes in Computer Science'' Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Volume 5072/2008 Pages 1131-1140 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-69839-5_86

P. Franceschi, L. Penasa, D. Ascenzi, D. Bassi, M. Scotoni, P. Tosi, "A simple and cost effective high voltage RF driver for multipolar ion guides" ''International Journal of Mass Spectrometry'' '''265''', 224-229 (2007).

D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, G. Guella, P. Tosi, "Phenol Production in Benzene/Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure. Role of Radical and Ionic Routes" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''110''' (25), 7841 (2006) doi:10.1021/jp062406p.

D. Ascenzi, N. Cont, G. Guella, P. Franceschi, P. Tosi, "New insights into the reaction mechanisms of phenylium ions with benzene" ''Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' '''111''', 12513-12523 (2007) DOI: 10.1021/jp075860h

M. Sabido, J.M. Lucas, J. de Andres, J. Sogas, M. Albertı´, A. Aguilar, D. Bassi,
D. Ascenzi, P. Franceschi, P. Tosi, F. Pirani, "Guided ion beams study of ion–molecule reactions at low collision energies: The Li'^+^'–acetone adduct formation in the
0.10–1.00 eV center of mass energy range" ''Chemical Physics Letters'' '''442''', 28-34 (2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.05.065.

P. Franceschi, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, R. Thissen, J. Zabka, J. Roithova´, C.L. Ricketts, M. De Simone, M. Coreno, "Dissociative double photoionization of N'_2_' using synchrotron radiation: appearance energy of the N'^2+^' dication" ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' '''126''', 134310 (2007).