100 curiositats sobre la taula periòdica i els elements químics. S. Alvarez, E. Cremades, J. Duran, X. Duran, C. Mans, P. A. Vieta. Valls: Ed. Cossetània, 2019. ISBN: 978-84-9034-844-4.
150 Years of Periodic Tables in the Universitat de Barcelona (text in Catalan, Spanish and English). S. Alvarez and C. Mans, Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2019. ISBN 978-84-9168-199-1.
De mujeres, hombres y moléculas. Notas de historia, arte y literatura de la química. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2020. ISBN 978-84-9168-336-0.
Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, J. Reedijk, K, Poeppelmeier, eds.: vol. 9, Theory and Methods, S. Alvarez, volume editor. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2013. ISBN 9780080977744. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080965291
Els àtoms en l’espai. Escrits sobre estereoquímica de Van ‘t Hoff i Le Bel, S. Alvarez; Societat Catalana de Química, Barcelona, 2007. ISBN 978-84-7283-906-9.
Book Chapters
E. Ruiz. «Exchange Coupling in Di- and Polynuclear Complexes», in J. Reedijk, K, Poeppelmeier, eds., Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, vol. 9, p 501-549; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2013. ISBN 9780080977744. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097774-4.00922-0
S. Alvarez, E. Ruiz, «Self-Assembly of Coordination Compounds: Design Principles«, in Supramolecular Chemistry, From Molecules to Nanomaterials, J. W. Steed, P. A. Gale, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2012, Vol. 5, 1993-2044.
E. Ruiz, S. Alvarez, A. Rodríguez-Fortea, P. Alemany, Y. Pouillon, C. Massobrio. «Electronic Structure and Magnetic Behavior in Polynuclear Transition Metal Compounds», in Magnetism: Molecules to Materials, J. S. Miller, M. Drillon, eds. Wiley-VCH, New York, 2001, Vol. 2, chapter 7, 227-279.
S. Alvarez, G. Aullón. «Ligand Orientation Effects on Metal-Metal Bonds», in Metal Clusters in Chemistry, P. Braunstein, L. Oro and P. Raithby, eds. Wiley-VCH, 1999; vol. 1, pp 308-322.
S. Alvarez, P. Alemany, G. Aullón, A. A. Palacios, J. J. Novoa. «Heterodox Bonding Effects Between Transition Metal Atoms», in L. J. Farrugia, ed., The Synergy Between Dynamics and Reactivity at Clusters and Surfaces, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, 1995, p. 241-255.
M.-H. Whangbo, D. Jung, J. Ren, M. Evain, J. J. Novoa, F. Mota, S. Alvarez, J. M. Williams, M. A. Beno, A. M. Kini, H. H. Wang, J. R. Ferraro: «Importance of Weak Hydrogen Bonding C-H···Donor and C-H···Anion Interactions in Governing the Structural Properties of Organic Donors BEDT-TTF and BEDO-TTF and Their Charge-Transfer Salts», in The Physics and Chemistry of Organic Superconductors; G. Saito, S. Kagoshima, eds.; Springer-Verlag, 1990, 262-266.
F. Arnau, F. Mota, J. J. Novoa, S. Alvarez: «On the Existence of a Quadruplet Ground State for the BO2 and AlO2 Molecules», en R. Carbó, ed.:Quantum Chemistry – Basic Aspects, Actual Trends, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989.