The analysis of more than five million interatomic «non bonded» distances has led to the proposal of a consistent set of van der Waals radii for most naturally occuring elements. Its applicability to other element pairs has also been tested
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An Essay on the symbolism of arrows in chemistry has appeared in Angewadnte Chemie International Edition.In that paper Santiago Alvarez surveys the chronological milestones of the adoption of chemical equations in books and journals, and of the introduction of arrows
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Researcher Jorge Echeverría, who obtained his Ph.D. in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. Santiago Alvarez, has been awarded the Ramon Margalef prize, given by the Social Council of the Universitat de Barcelona. The prize is given every year to
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