Marco Caceci, Dr. Rer. Nat.

DOCTORAL THESIS

"Studio Fotofisico e Fotochimico del Complesso Ru(dipy)33+" (`Photochemical and Photophysical Study of the Complex Ru(dipy)33+´)
Major Professor Vincenzo Balzani
Universitá degli Studi di Bologna, Facoltá di Scienze, Istituto Chimico "G. Ciamician", July 1978

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (refereed)

1 -"Probleme der Auflösung von Uran-Plutonium-Mischkarbid in Salpetersäure" ("Problems in the Dissolution of Uranium-Plutonium Mixed Carbides in Nitric Acid")
H. Bokelund, M. S. Caceci, W. Müller
Fresenius Z. Anal. Chem. 306, 121-124 (1981)

2 -"Dissolution of Mixed Carbide Fuels in Nitric Acid"
H. Bokelund, M.S. Caceci, and M. Ougier
Radiochimica Acta 30, 49-55 (1982)

3 -"A Photochemical Head-End Step in Carbide Fuel Reprocessing"
H. Bokelund, M.S. Caceci, and W. Müller
Radiochimica Acta 33, 115-119 (1983)

4 -"The Chemical Treatment of (U,Pu)C Dissolver Solutions as a Preliminary Step for the Purex Reprocessing"
H. Bokelund, M.S. Caceci, G.R. Choppin, and S. Valkiers
Radiochimica Acta 34, 151-155 (1983)

5 -"Microcomputer Controlled Titration Calorimeter"
M.S. Caceci and G.R. Choppin
Computers and Chemistry 6, 4, 161-164 (1982)

6 -"Inexpensive Very High Impedance Digital Voltmeter for Ion Selective Electrodes"
M.S. Caceci
J. Chem. Ed. 61(10), 935-936 (1984)

7 -"The Determination of the First Hydrolysis Constant of Eu(III) and Am(III)"
M.S. Caceci and G.R. Choppin
Radiochimica Acta 33, 101-104 (1983)

8 -"An Improved Technique to Minimize Cation Absorption in Neutral Solutions"
M.S. Caceci and G.R. Choppin
Radiochimica Acta 33, 113-114 (1983)

9 -"The First Hydrolysis Constant of U(VI)"
M.S. Caceci and G.R. Choppin
Radiochimica Acta 33, 207-212 (1983)

10-"Calorimetric Studies of the Synergystic Effect: the Reaction of UO22+, Th4+ and Nd3+ TTA Complexes with TBP and TOPO in Benzene"
M.S. Caceci, G.R. Choppin, and Liu Quingliang
Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 3(5), 605-621 (1985)

11-"Calorimetric Studies of the Synergystic Effect: the Reaction of UO2(PMBP)2, Ln(PMBP)3 and Th(PMBP)4 with TOPO in Nitrobenzene"
Wang Wenqing, Liu Quingliang, M.S. Caceci, G.R. Choppin, Qing Yuwen and Yi Min
Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 4(4), 663-675 (1986)

12-"Thermochemistry of U, Th and Gd Complexes in the PMBP-TOPO Synergystic System"
M.S. Caceci, G.R. Choppin, Wang Wenquing, and Liu Quingliang
He Huanxue Yu Fangshe Huanxue (The Chinese Journal of Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry) 6(3), 137-142 (1984)

13-"Thermochemistry of Lanthanide Complexes in the PMBP-TOPO-C6H5NO2 System"
Wang Wenquing, Liu Quingliang, M.S. Caceci, and G.R. Choppin
The Journal of the Chinese Rare Earth Society 2(2), 1-8 (1984)

14-"The Interaction of Humic Acid with Europium(III). Complexation Strength as a Function of Load and pH"
M.S. Caceci
Radiochimica Acta 39, 51-56 (1985)

15-"Spectrophotometric Studies of Complexes of NpO2+ in Solution. I. Complexes with the Anions of Oxalic, Malonic, Succinic and Maleic Acid"
M.S. Caceci, F. Nectoux, M. Pages, B.E. Stout and G.R. Choppin
Inorganica Chimica Acta 140, 1-2, 243-244 (1988)

16-"A Simple, Performant Diode Array Spectrophotometer"
M.S. Caceci
Computers and Chemistry, 13 (1) 33-38 (1989)

17-"Complexes of Np2+ with Aliphatic Dicarboxylic Acids"
B.E. Stout, M.S. Caceci, F. Nectoux, M. Pages and G.R. Choppin
Radiochimica Acta 46, 181-184 (1989)

18-"Evidence for Large Organic Scatterers (80-200 nm diameter) in Humic Acid Samples"
M.S. Caceci and A. Billon
Organic Geochemistry 15 (3) 335-350

19-"Estimating Error Limits in Parametric Curve Fitting"
M.S. Caceci
Analytical Chemisty 61 (20) 2324-2327 (1989)

20-"Investigation of Humic Acid Samples of Different Sources by Photon Correlation Spectroscopy"
M.S. Caceci and V. Moulin
Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (Springer)

21-"Complexation Behavior of Humic substances from Granitic Groundwater towards Am(III)"
V. Moulin, M.S. Caceci and M. Theyssier
Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (Springer)

22-"Environmental Chemistry of the Actinide Elements"
M.S. Caceci
in `Metal Speciation in the Environment´, S. Gucher (Ed), NATO Advanced Studies Institute   Series G, 23, 571-591 (1990) (Springer)

23- "The Solubility of Technetium Dioxide Hydrate (TcO2.nH2O) in Neutral to Alkaline Solutions under Constant pCO2"
T. E. Eriksen, P. Ndalamba, J. Bruno, M. Caceci
Radiochim. Acta 58-59 (Pt. 1) 67-70 (1992)

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (non refereed)

1 - Contributions to four semiannual reports in:
Plutonium Fuels and Actinide Research (1979 and 1980)
EC Joint Research Centre (Euratom), Karlsruhe Establishment

2 -"Fitting Curves to Data: the Simplex Algorithm is the Answer"
M.S. Caceci and W.P. Cacheris.
Byte Magazine 9(5), 340-362 (1984)

3 -"Utilisation de la Spèctroscopie de Corrèlation de Photons pour la dètèrmination de la Taille et de la Forme des Particules"
M.S. Caceci
Note Technique CEA-SESD/88.42 FA n.6790.11 (October 1988)

4 -"Simplex, Jackknife, Bootstrap and Montecarlo: Four Algorithms for Non-Linear Curve-Fitting and Confidence Interval Estimation Implemented as PASCAL Procedures"
M.S. Caceci
Note Technique CEA-SESD/89.38 (April 90)

5 -"The Role of Colloids in the Transport of Radionuclides in Geological Formations"
A. Billon, M.S. Caceci, G. Della Mea, J-C. Dran, V. Moulin, J.C. Petit, J.D.F. Ramsay, P.J. Russel and M. Theyssier
Report AERE R 13691 (Harwell Laboratory, November 1989)

6 -"The Role of Colloids in the Transport of Radionuclides in Geological Formations"
A. Billon, M. Caceci, G. Della Mea, T. Dellis, J-C. Dran, V. Moulin, S. Nicholson, J.C. Petit, J.D.F. Ramsay, P.J. Russel and M. Theyssier
Report AEA D&R 0046 (AEA Decommissioning and Radwaste, July 1990)

7 -"Complexation Behavior oh Humic Substances from Granitic Groundwater Towards Am(III)"
V. Moulin, M. Caceci, and M. Theyssier
Rapport Tecnique CEA-DRDD 242 F.A. 6790.11 (November 1990)

8 -"SIMFUEL Dissolution Studies in Granitic Groundwater"
I. Casas, A. Sandino, M. S. Caceci, J. Bruno, K. Ollila
SKB Technical Report 91-34, 30 pp. (September 1991)

9 -"Tecnologia Laser para la Medición de la Contaminación Atmosférica"
Antonio Guerau y Marco Caceci
Entorno XXI, 3 (12) 109-112 (1993)

10 -"Solubility of the Redox-Sensitive Radionuclides 99Tc and 237Np under Reducing Conditions in Neutral to Alkaline Solutions. Effect of Carbonate"
Trygve Eriksen, Pierre Ndalamba, Daqing Cui, Jordi Bruno, Marco Caceci, Kastriot Spahiu
SKB Technical Report 93-18, 32 pp, September 1993

11 - "Simplex: Non-linear Least Squares Curve Fitting. Jackknife, Bootstrap and Montecarlo: Error Estimation in Curve Fitting. Four Routines Implemented in Pascal Language as Units in Turbo Pascal (Borland) Version 4 and Windows"
Marco S Caceci
EASI Technologies (commercial product) (August 1994)

12 -"El Análisis Químico de Aguas in Situ"
Marco Caceci
Química Hoy (September 1996) 189-193

13 -"Water Chemical Analysis On-site"
Marco Caceci
Chemical Engineering Word, 31 (10) (October 1996) 153-156

14 -"La Seguridad Radiológica en la Gestión de Residuos" (Radiological Safety in Waste Management)
Marco Caceci
Revista Residuos (Sep - Oct 2001) no 62, pp. 78-86

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COMMUNICATIONS

1 -"Direkte Auflösung in Salpetersäure als Head-End Behændlung bei der Wiederaufarbeitung von Mischkarbiden" ("Direct Dissolution in Nitric Acid as Head-End Step for the Reprocessing of Mixed Carbides").
H. Bokelund and M.S. Caceci
Oral Communication, `GDCh-Tagung´
September 1980, Julich, Germany

2 -"Calorimetric Studies of the Synergystic Effect: the Reac-tion of UO22+, Th4+ and Nd3+ TTA Complexes with TBP and TOPO in Benzene"
M.S. Caceci, G.R. Choppin, and Liu Quingliang
Poster, "Actinides 1985"
September 1985, Aix-en-Provence, France

3 -"The Interaction of Np(V) with Humic and Fulvic Acid. Preliminary Results by Spectrophotometry and Ultrafiltration"
M.S. Caceci, B.E. Stout and F.Nectoux
Oral Communication, `Journées des Actinides´
April 1986, Garmish, Germany

4 -"Temperature dependent N.Q.R. Behavior of the Halide Ion in UCl4 and ThBr4"
C. Khan Malek, M.S. Caceci and Z. Zolnierek
Poster, `Journées des Actinides´
April 1986, Garmish, Germany

5 -"Np(V) Complexes with Polycarboxylic Acids"
M.S. Caceci, B.E. Stout and M. Pages
Poster, `International Nuclear and Radiochemistry Con-gress´
September 1986, Beijing, China

6 -"Spectrophotometric Studies of Complexes of NpO2+ in Solution. I. Complexes with the Anions of Oxalic, Malonic, Succinic and Maleic Acid"
M.S. Caceci, F. Nectoux, M. Pages, B.E. Stout and G.R. Choppin
Poster, `Second International Congress on the Chemistry of the f-Elements´
April 1987, Lisbon, Portugal

7 -"A Simple, Performant, Modular Spectrophotometer for Glove-Box Operations"
M.S. Caceci
Poster, `Journées des Actinides´
April 1988, Paris, France

8 -"Spectrophotometric Evidence for Mixed Hydroxo-Carbonate Complexes of Np(V) in Alkaline Carbonate Solutions"
M.S. Caceci, C. Riglet, and P. Vitorge
Poster, `Journées des Actinides´
March 1989, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy

9-"Investigation of Humic Acid Samples of Different Sources by Photon Correlation Spectroscopy"
M.S. Caceci and V. Moulin
Poster, `International Symposium on Humic Substances in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment´
August 1989, Linkoeping, Sweden

10 -"Complexation Behavior of Humic Substances from Granitic Groundwater towards Am(III)"
V. Moulin, M.S. Caceci and M. Theyssier
Poster,"International Symposium on Humic Substances in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment`
August 1989, Linkoeping, Sweden

11 -"The Interaction of Humic Acid with Na(I), Ca(II) and La(III): an Investigation by Photon Correlation Spectros-copy"
M.S. Caceci and V. Moulin
Poster, NATO Advanced Study Institute on `Metal Speciation in the Environment´
October 1989, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey

12 -"Environmental Chemistry of the Actinide Elements"
M.S. Caceci
Invited Lecture, NATO Advanced Study Institute on `Metal Speciation in the Environment´
October 1989, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey

13 -"Real Time Analytical Chemistry: state of the Art and Technological Trends "
Marco Caceci
Invited Speach, Chemtech International Conference
Oct - Nov 1996, Mumbay, India

14- "L'Esplosione Nucleare': da Becquerel a Fermi, nascita e sviluppo di una tecnologia che ha cambiato il mondo"
Marco Caceci
Invited Speach, Forum Club
Apr 2001, Den Haag, The Netherlands

15- "Act Globally: Technical and Logistics Issues in Product Design and Distribution"
Marco Caceci
Powerpoint Presentation, Virtual World Congress of Entrepreneurs, http://www.globalvision.org
Oct 2001, Zaragoza, Spain

16- "From Lab to Market: Design and Performance of commercial Oxygen and pH fiberoptic Sensor"
Marco Caceci
Oral Presentation, Europt(r)ode VII,
April 4-7 2004, Madrid, Spain

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PATENT APPLICATIONS

1 - "Photochemical Process Applied to the Reprocessing of Carbon Containing Nuclear Fuels"
Confidential Patent application in the European Community, 1980
H. Bokelund and M. S. Caceci; assigned to the CEC

2 - "A flow-through Analytical Cell..."
Application UK 154-0246, October 1993
Marco Caceci, assigned to Sandoz Technologie AG

3 - "Instrumento de análisis de la composición de fluidos mediante la determinación de su constante dieléctrica"
Application ES 9600566, April 1996
Marco Caceci, assigned to EASI Technologies S.A.

4 - "Fiber-coupled Index-Modulated Whispering Gallery Mode Cylinder Spectrometer and Demultiplexer"
USPTO Application, January 2001
Marco Caceci, Brian Strecker; assigned to Nomadics, Inc.