Relevant Publications M. Ding, G. E. Cutsail III, D. Aravena, D.; M. Amoza, M. Rouzieres, P. Dechambenoit, Y. Losovyj, M. Pink, E. Ruiz, R. Clérac and J. M. Smith. «A low spin manganese(iv) nitride single molecule magnet.» Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6132-6140. Doi: 10.1039/C6SC01469K S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz, “Huge Magnetic Anisotropy in a Trigonal-Pyramidal Nickel(II) Complex”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 676-678. D. Aravena, E. Ruiz. «Shedding Light on the Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior of Mononuclear DyIII Complexes», Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13770-13778. E. Colacio, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, E. Cremades, J. Krzystek, S. Carretta, J. Cano, T. Guidi, W. Wernsdorfer, E. K. Brechin. «Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co(II)-Y(III) Single-Ion Magnet with Positive Zero-Field Splitting», Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9130-9134. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz. «Mononuclear Single-Molecules Magnets: Tailoring the Magnetic Anisotropy of First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7010-7018. E. Cremades, S. Gomez-Coca, D. Aravena, S. Alvarez, E. Ruiz, “Theoretical Study of Exchange Coupling in 3d-Gd Complexes: Large Magnetocaloric Effect Systems”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 10532−10542 J. Cirera, E. Ruiz, S. Alvarez, F. Neese and J. Kortus, «How to Build Molecules with Large Magnetic Anisotropy», Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4078-4087. E. Ruiz, T. Cauchy, J. Cano, R. Costa, J. Tercero and S. Alvarez, «Magnetic structure of the large-spin Mn10 and Mn19 complexes: A theoretical complement to an experimental milestone», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7420-7426. T. Cauchy, E. Ruiz and S. Alvarez, «Magnetostructural correlations in polynuclear complexes: The Fe4 butterflies», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15722-15727. E. Ruiz, J. Cano, S. Alvarez and P. Alemany, «Magnetic coupling in end-on azido-bridged transition metal complexes: A density functional study», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 11122-11129. E. Ruiz, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez and J. Cano, «Toward the prediction of magnetic coupling in molecular systems: Hydroxo- and alkoxo-bridged Cu(II) binuclear complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 1297-1303. Single Molecule Magnets M. Fondo, J. Corredoira-Vazquez, A. M. Garcia-Deibe, J. Sanmartin-Matalobos, S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz and E. Colacio. “Slow magnetic relaxation in dinuclear dysprosium and holmium phenoxide bridged complexes: a Dy2 single molecule magnet with a high energy barrier”. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 2532-2541. J. J. Baldoví, Y. Duan, R. Morales, A. Gaita-Arino, E. Ruiz and E. Coronado. «Rational Design of Lanthanoid Single-Ion Magnets: Predictive Power of the Theoretical Models». Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 13532-13539. N. Gallego-Planas, A. Martín-Rodríguez and E. Ruiz. «Magnetic and transport properties of Fe-4 single-molecule magnets: a theoretical insight». Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 18867-18875. J. R. Jiménez, I. F. Díaz-Ortega, E. Ruiz, D. Aravena, S. J. A. Pope, E. Colacio and J. M. Herrera. «Lanthanide Tetrazolate Complexes Combining Single-Molecule Magnet and Luminescence Properties: The Effect of the Replacement of Tetrazolate N-3 by -Diketonate Ligands on the Anisotropy Energy Barrier». Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 14548-14559. T. J. Woods, M. F. Ballesteros-Rivas, S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz and K. R. Dunbar. «Relaxation Dynamics of Identical Trigonal Bipyramidal Cobalt Molecules with Different Local Symmetries and Packing Arrangements: Magnetostructural Correlations and ab inito Calculations». J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16407-16416. G. Brunet, D. A. Safin, J. Jover, E. Ruiz and M. Murugesu. «Single-molecule magnetism arising from cobalt(ii) nodes of a crystalline sponge». J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 835-841. A. Martín-Rodríguez, D. Aravena and E. Ruiz. «DFT approaches to transport calculations in magnetic single-molecule devices.» Theor. Chem. Acc., 2016, 135, 1-10. R. Díaz-Torres, M. Menelaou, O. Roubeau, A. Sorrenti, G. Brandáriz-de-Pedro, E. C. Sañudo, S. J. Teat, J. Fraxedas, E. Ruiz and N. Aliaga-Alcalde. «Multiscale study of mononuclear Co-II SMMs based on curcuminoid ligands.» Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 2793-2803. L.-F. Wang, J.-Z. Qiu, J.-L. Liu, Y.-C. Chen, J.-H. Jia, J. Jover, E. Ruiz and M.-L. Tong, «Modulation of single-molecule magnet behaviour via photochemical 2+2 cycloaddition». Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 15358-15361. I. Oyarzábal, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, D. Aravena, J. M. Seco and E. Colacio, «Increasing the effective energy barrier promoted by the change of a counteranion in a Zn-Dy-Zn SMM: slow relaxation via the second excited state». Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12353-12356. A. K. Jassal, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, M. Corbella, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz and G. Hundal, «Neodymium 1D systems: targeting new sources for field-induced slow magnetization relaxation». Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 15774-15778. M. M. Hanninen,A. J. Mota, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, R. Sillanpaa, A. Camon, M. Evangelisti, E. Colacio. Two C3-Symmetric Dy3(III) Complexes with Triple Di-μ-methoxo-μ-phenoxo Bridges, Magnetic Ground State, and Single-Molecule Magnetic Behavior. Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 8410-8420. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz, “Huge Magnetic Anisotropy in a Trigonal-Pyramidal Nickel(II) Complex”, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 676-678. J.-L. Liu, W.-Q. Lin, Y.-C. Chen, S. Gómez-Coca, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, J.-D. Leng, M.-L. Tong, «CuII–GdIII Cryogenic Magnetic Refrigerants and Cu8Dy9 Single-Molecule Magnet Generated by In Situ Reactions of Picolinaldehyde and Acetylpyridine: Experimental and Theoretical Study», Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 17567-17577. D. Aravena, E. Ruiz. «Shedding Light on the Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior of Mononuclear DyIII Complexes», Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13770-13778. E. Colacio, J. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, E. Cremades, J. Krzystek, S. Carretta, J. Cano, T. Guidi, W. Wernsdorfer, E. K. Brechin. «Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co(II)-Y(III) Single-Ion Magnet with Positive Zero-Field Splitting», Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9130-9134. Liu, J. Chen, Y. Li, Q. Gómez-Coca, S. Aravena, D. Ruiz, E. Lin, W. Leng, J. Tong,M. «Two 3d-4f nanomagnets formed via a two-step in situ reaction of picolinaldehyde», Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6549. E. Cremades, C. Pemmaraju, S. Samvito, E. Ruiz. «Spin-polarized transport through single-molecule magnet Mn6 complexes», Nanoscale. 2013, 5, 4751. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Cremades, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz. «Mononuclear Single-Molecules Magnets: Tailoring the Magnetic Anisotropy of First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7010-7018. J. Ruiz, A. J. Mota, A. Rodrıguez-Dieguez, S. Titos, J. M. Herrera, E. Ruiz, E, Cremades, J. P Costes, E, Colacio. “Field and dilution effects on the slow relaxation of a luminescent DyO9 low-symmetry single-ion magnet”, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7916-7918. J. M. Lillo, A. R. Tomsa, Y. Li, L. M. Chamoreau, E. Cremades, E. Ruiz, A. L. Barra, A. Proust, M. Verdaguer, P. Gouzerh. “Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetism of new salicylamidoxime-based hexanuclear manganese(III) single-molecule magnets”, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 13668. S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz «Exchange coupling and magnetic anisotropy of exchanged-biased quantum tunnelling single-molecule magnet Ni3Mn2 complexes using theoretical methods based on Density Functional Theory», Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 2659-2666. G. Wu, J. Huang, L. L. Sun, J. Q. Bai, G. H. Li, E. Cremades, E. Ruiz, R. Clerac and S. L. Qiu, «ST = 22 [Mn10] Supertetrahedral Building-Block to Design Extended Magnetic Networks», Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 8580-8587. J. S. Costa, G. A. Craig, L. A. Barrios, O. Roubeau, E. Ruiz, S. Gomez-Coca, S. J. Teat and G. Aromi, «The Use of a
Publications
Continuous Shape and Symmetry Measures. Applications in Structural Chemistry.
Relevant Publications P. Alemany, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez, C. Dryzun and D. Avnir. «Continuous Symmetry Measures: A New Tool in Quantum Chemistry». Rev. Comput. Chem., 2017, 30, 289-352. S. Alvarez, «Distortion Pathways of Transition Metal Coordination Polyhedra Induced by Chelating Topology». Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 13447-13483. Doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00537. Open access. L. J. K. Cook, R. Mohammed, G. Sherborne, S. Alvarez and M. Halcrow, “Spin-state Behaviour of Iron(II)Dipyrazolylpyridine Complexes. New Insights from Crystallographic and Solution Measurements». Coord. Chem. Rev., 2015, 289-290, 2-12. Doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.08.006. 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, 5, 1993-2044. ISBN 978-0-470-74640-0 S. Alvarez, J. Echeverría. «New Perspectives on Polyhedral Molecules and their Crystal Structures». J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2010, 23, 1080-1087. S. Alvarez. «Nesting of Fullerenes and Frank-Kasper Polyhedra». Dalton Trans., 2006, 2045-2051. S. Alvarez, P. Alemany, D. Casanova, J. Cirera, M. Llunell, D. Avnir. «Shape Maps and Polyhedral Interconversion Paths in Transition Metal Chemistry». Coord. Chem. Rev.2005, 249, 1693-1708. J. Cirera, E. Ruiz, S. Alvarez. «Continuous Shape Measures as a Stereochemical Tool in Organometallic Chemistry». Organometallics 2005, 24, 1556-1562. S. Alvarez, P. Alemany, D. Avnir. «Continuous Chirality Measures in Transition Metal Chemistry». Chem. Soc. Rev. 2005, 34, 313-326. S. Alvarez. «Polyhedra in (Inorganic) Chemistry». Dalton Trans. 2005, 2209-2233. S. Alvarez. «Poliedros y sus distorsiones en la descripción de la estructura molecular y en el diseño de edificios supramoleculares». An. Real Soc. Esp. Quím. 2003, 99, 29-44. Symmetry Concepts and Tools P. Alemany, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez, C. Dryzun and D. Avnir. «Continuous Symmetry Measures: A New Tool in Quantum Chemistry». Rev. Comput. Chem., 2017, 30, 289-352. A. Falceto, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «Pseudosymmetry Analysis of the d-block Molecular Orbitals in Four-coordinate Complexes», Inorg. Chem.2013, 52, 6510-6519. D. Casanova, P. Alemany, A. Falceto, A. Carreras, S. Alvarez. «Pseudosymmetry Analysis of Molecular Orbitals», J. Comput. Chem. 2013, 34, 1321. J. Echeverría, A. Carreras, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «Concurrent Symmetries. The Interplay Between Local and Global Molecular Symmetries». Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 359-367. S. Alvarez. «How Icosahedral are Icosahedral Clusters?» Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 4392-4398. M. Pinsky, C. Dryzun, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, D. Avnir, Z. Kizner, A. Sterkin. «Analytical methods for calculating continuous symmetry measures and the chirality measure.» J. Comput. Chem. 2008, 29, 2712-2721. M. Pinsky, D. Casanova, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez, D. Avnir, C. Dryzun, Z. Kizner, A. Sterkin. «Symmetry Operation Measures». J. Comput. Chem. 2008, 29, 190-197. J. Echeverría, D. Casanova, M. Llunell, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «Molecules and Crystals with Both Icosahedral and Cubic Symmetry». Chem. Commun., 2008, Feature Article, 2717-2725. Chirality M. Llunell, P. Alemany, J. M. Bofill. «Narcissistic Reaction Pathways: An Example of Maxwell’s Theorem of Geometrical Optics Applied to the Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate Model». Theor. Chem. Acc. 2008, 121, 279-288. S. Alvarez, S. Schefzick, D. Avnir, K. Lipkowitz. «Quantitative Chirality Analysis of Molecular Sub-units of Bis(oxazoline)copper(II) Complexes in Relation to their Enantioselective Catalytic Activity». Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 5832-5837. P. Alemany, S. Alvarez, D. Avnir. «Theoretical Evidence of Persistent Chirality in D3 Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes with Monodentate Ligands». Chem. Eur. J.2003, 9, 1952-1957. S. Alvarez, D. Avnir. «Continuous Chirality Measures of Tetracoordinate Bis-chelate Metal Complexes». Dalton Trans., 2003, 562-569. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, M. Llunell, D. Avnir. «Continuous Chirality Analysis of Hexacoordinated Tris-Chelated Complexes». Cryst. Eng. 2001, 4, 179-200. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, D. Avnir. «A Continuous Chirality Analysis of Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes». Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 1499-1503. Stereochemistry of Coordination Compounds S. Alvarez. “Continuous Shape Measures Study of the Coordination Spheres of Actinide Complexes. Part 1: Low Coordination Numbers”. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 3632-3647, open Access. I. Sanchez-Lombardo, B. Baruah, S. Alvarez, K. R. Werst, N. A. Segaline, N. E. Levinger and D. C. Crans. «Size and shape trump charge in interactions of oxovanadates with self-assembled interraces: application of continuous shape measure analysis to the decavanadate anion». New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 962-975. Doi: 10.1039/c5nj01788b. S. Alvarez, «Distortion Pathways of Transition Metal Coordination Polyhedra Induced by Chelating Topology». Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 13447-13483. Doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00537. Open access. S. Alvarez, B. Menjón, A. Falceto, D. Casanova and P. Alemany. «Stereochemistry of Complexes with Double and Triple Metal-Ligand Bonds: A Continuous Shape Measures Analysis». Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 12151-12163. Doi: 10.1021/ic5021077. S. Canton, X. Zhang, L. Lawson Daku, Y. Liu, J. Zhang and S. Alvarez. «Mapping the Ultrafast Changes of Continuous Shape Measures in Photoexcited Spin Crossover Complexes without Long-Range Order». J. Phys. Chem. C. 2015, 119, 3322-3330. Doi:10.1021/jp5117189. I. Sánchez-Lombardo, S. Alvarez, C. C. McLauchlan and D. C. Crans. «Evaluating Transition State Structures of vanadium-phosphatase protein complexes using shape analysis». J. Inorg. Biochem., 2015, 147, 153-164. Doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.04.005. S. Alvarez, B. Menjón. «Modulation of the Coordination Sphere of f-Element Complexes by Fluorocarbons», highlight, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2810-2811. Doi 10.1002/anie.201310916. M. Ferrer, A. Gutiérrez, L. Rodríguez, O. Rossell, E. Ruiz, M. Engeser, Y. Lorenz, R. Schilling, P. Gómez-Sal, A. Martín. «Self-Assembly of Heterometallic Metallomacrocycles via Ditopic Fluoroaryl Gold(I) Organometallic Metalloligands», Organometallics 2012, 31, 1533-1545 E. Cremades, J. Echeverría, S. Alvarez. «The Trigonal Prism in Coordination Chemistry». Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10389-10396 A. Ruiz-Martínez, S. Alvarez. “Stereochemistry of Compounds with Coordination Number Ten”. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 7470-7480 J. Echeverría, E. Cremades, A. J. Amoroso, S. Alvarez. «Jahn-Teller Distortions of Six-coordinate Copper(II) Compounds: Cis or Trans?». Chem. Commun. 2009, 4242-4244 J. Cirera, E. Ruiz and S. Alvarez, «Stereochemistry and spin state in four-coordinate transition metal compounds», Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2871-2889. A. Ruiz-Martínez, D. Casanova, S. Alvarez. «Polyhedral Structures with an Odd Number of Vertices: Nine-Coordinate Metal Compounds». Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 1291-1303 D. Casanova, M. Llunell, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «The Rich Stereochemistry of Eight-Vertex Polyhedra in Chemistry. A Continuous Shape Measures Study». Chem. Eur. J.2005, 11, 1479-1494 J. Cirera, P. Alemany, S. Alvarez. «Mapping the Stereochemistry and Symmetry of Tetracoordinate Transition Metal Complexes». Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 190-207. S. Alvarez. «Relationships Between Temperature, Magnetic Moment and Continuous Symmetry Measures in Spin Crossover Complexes». J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6795-6802 D. Casanova, P. Alemany, J. M. Bofill, S. Alvarez. «Shape and Symmetry of Heptacoordinated Transition Metals: Structural Trends». Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 1281-1295 S. Alvarez, D. Avnir, M. Llunell, M. Pinsky. «Continuous Symmetry Maps and Shape Classification. The Case of Six-Coordinated Metal Compounds». New J. Chem., 2002, 26, 996-1009 S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, M. Llunell, D. Avnir. «Continuous Chirality Analysis of Hexacoordinated Tris-Chelated Complexes». Cryst. Eng. 2001, 4, 179-200. S. Alvarez, M. Pinsky, D. Avnir. «A Continuous Chirality Analysis of Homoleptic Hexacoordinated Complexes». Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 1499-1503. S. Alvarez, M. Llunell. «Continuous Symmetry Measures of Pentacoordinate Molecules: Berry and
Books
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.
Non Research Publications
S. Alvarez: «Investidura del Prof. Roald Hoffmann com a Doctor Honoris Causa de la Universitat de Barcelona. Discurs de Presentació.» Universitat de Barcelona, 1992; Butll. Soc. Cat. Cièn., 14, 9-12 (1993). S. Alvarez: «Glossary of Terms Used in Theoretical Organic Chemistry«. IUPAC Recommendations 1999. V. I. Mirkin, editor; Pure Appl. Chem., 71, 1919-1981 (1999). S. Alvarez: «La 35 Conferencia Internacional de Química de Coordinación (ICCC35) en Heidelberg«. Anales de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, 98 (4), 52 (2002). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 1- Comunicació Visual«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 4, 69-71(2003). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 2- Colors: química, física, natura, art, indústria, poder i molt més «. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 5, 73-77 (2004). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 3- Formes«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 6, 85-91 (2005). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 4- Miralls: Vidre i Metall«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 7, 65-71 (2006). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 5- Magnetisme: història, mites, literatura i ciència«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 8, 48-54 (2007). S. Alvarez: «La música de los elementos«. An. Quím., 103, 54-63 (2007). S. Alvarez: «Music of the Elements«. New J. Chem., 32, 571-580 (2008), doi: 10.1039/b718401h. S. Alvarez: «Té música la química?«. Rev. Col·legi Of. Assoc. Quím. Illes Balears, 27 (enero 2008), 6-7. S. Alvarez, J. Sales, M. Seco: «On Books and Chemical Elements«. Found. Chem., 10, 79-100 (2008). S. Alvarez: «A música dos elementos«. Boletin das Ciencias, 21 (67), 143-160 (2009) S. Alvarez: «Música alquimística«. An. Quím., 105 (2), 142-150 (2009). S. Alvarez: «Miquel Ferrer Prieto y los mecanismos de reacción inorgánicos«. An. Quím., 105, 336-337 (2009). S. Alvarez, J. Sales, M. Seco: «El Bagul dels llibres: 6- Els elements i el sistema periòdic«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 9, 51-65 (2010). S. Alvarez: «Visionarios, videntes, visualizadores y veedores de moléculas«. An. Quím., 106 (1), 37-42 (2010). S. Alvarez: «Investigación química: ¡más pequeño, más rápido!«. Diari de Tarragona, 19 nov. 2010. S. Alvarez: «Laboratorios químicos, estancias sagradas«. An. Quím., 107, 175-184 (2011). S. Alvarez: «Chemistry: A Panoply of Arrows«. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 590-600 (2012). S. Alvarez: «Entre la ciència i l’art: imatges del laboratori químic«. Mètode, 69, 97-103 (2011). S. Alvarez: «Elogi de la investigació universitària«. La Vanguardia, 27.6.2011, anexo «Facultat de Química», p. 9. S. Alvarez: «Inauguración de un mural de homenaje a los elementos«. An Quím. 107 (4), 410 (2011). S. Alvarez: «An Artist’s Hommage to the Elements«. Chem. Int., 34, 5 (2012). S. Alvarez: «El Bagul dels llibres: 7- Química, dones i llibres«. Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 11, 68-75 (2012).
Synthesis and Characterzation of hybrid Carbon Nanotube-TM Systems
Relevant Publications A. C. Aragonès, D. Aravena, F. J. Valverde-Muñoz, J. A. Real, F. Sanz, I. Díez-Pérez and E. Ruiz. «Metal-Controlled Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature in Single-Molecule Devices». J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 5768-5778. E. Burzuri, J. O. Island, R. Díaz-Torres, A. Fursina, A. González-Campo, O. Roubeau, S. J. Teat, N. Aliaga-Alcalde, E. Ruiz and H. S. J. van der Zant. «Sequential Electron Transport and Vibrational Excitations in an Organic Molecule Coupled to Few-Layer Graphene Electrodes.» ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 2521-2527. J. Ponce, C. R. Arroyo, S. Tatay, R. Frisenda, P. Gaviña, D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, H. J. van der Zant, E. Coronado, «Effect of Metal Complexation on the Conductance of Single-Molecular Wires Measured at Room Temperature», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8314-8322. E. Ruiz. «Charge transport properties of spin crossover systems», Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 2014, 16, 14. G. Magadur, J.-S. Lauret, G. Charron, F. Bouanis, E. Norman, V. Huc, C.-S. Cojocaru, S. Gómez-Coca, E. Ruiz, T. Mallah, «Charge Transfer and Tunable Ambipolar Effect Induced by Assembly of Cu(II) Binuclear Complexes on Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor Devices», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7896-7901. D. Aravena, E. Ruiz, «Coherent transport through spin-croosover single molecules», J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 777-779. E. Ruiz, F. Nunzi and S. Alvarez, «Magnetic communication through functionalized nanotubes: A theoretical study», Nano Letters 2006, 6, 380-384.
2022
2022 Publications Aragonès, A. C.; Aravena, D.; Ugalde, J. M.; Medina, E.; Gutierrez, R.; Ruiz, E.; Mujica, V.; Díez-Pérez, I. ”Magnetoresistive Single-Molecule Junctions: the Role of the Spinterface and the CISS Effect”. Israel Journal of Chemistry 2022, 62, e202200090. Charles, P.; Gaspard, M. E.; Alvarez, S.; Ziegler, M. S.; Baldansuren, A.; Armstrong, W. H.; Lakshmi, K. V.; Bonitatibus, P. J. ”Synthesis, crystal structure, EPR, and DFT studies of an unusually distorted vanadium(ii) complex”. Dalton Transactions 2022, 51, 12031-12036. Corredoira-Vázquez, J.; González-Barreira, C.; Fondo, M.; García-Deibe, A. M.; Sanmartín-Matalobos, J.; Gómez-Coca, S.; Ruiz, E.; Colacio, E. ”Dinuclear Fluoride Single-Bridged Lanthanoid Complexes as Molecule Magnets: Unprecedented Coupling Constant in a Fluoride-Bridged Gadolinium Compound”. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 9946-9959. De Aquino, A.; Caparrós, F. J.; Aullón, G.; Truong, K. N.; Rissanen, K.; Lima, J. C.; Rodríguez, L. ”Development of gold(i) phosphorescent tweezers for sensing applications”. Dalton Transactions 2022, 51, 16282-16291. De Aquino, A.; Ward, J. S.; Rissanen, K.; Aullón, G.; Lima, J. C.; Rodríguez, L. ”Intra- vs Intermolecular Aurophilic Contacts in Dinuclear Gold(I) Compounds: Impact on the Population of the Triplet Excited State”. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 20931-20941. Del Horno, E.; Jover, J.; Mena, M.; Pérez-Redondo, A.; Yélamos, C. ”Dinitrogen Binding at a Trititanium Chloride Complex and Its Conversion to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions”. Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 2022. Del Horno, E.; Jover, J.; Mena, M.; Pérez-Redondo, A.; Yélamos, C. ”Low-Valent Titanium Species Stabilized with Aluminum/Boron Hydride Fragments”. Chemistry – A European Journal 2022, 28, e202103085. Dey, B.; Mehta, S.; Mondal, A.; Cirera, J.; Colacio, E.; Chandrasekhar, V. ”Push and Pull Effect of Methoxy and Nitro Groups Modifies the Spin-State Switching Temperature in Fe(III) Complexes”. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 39268-39279. Díaz-Torres, R.; Boonprab, T.; Gómez-Coca, S.; Ruiz, E.; Chastanet, G.; Harding, P.; Harding, D. J. ”Structural and theoretical insights into solvent effects in an iron(iii) SCO complex”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2022, 9, 5317-5326. Echeverría, J.; Jover, J. ”From Simple Alkenes and CO2 to Fluorinated Carboxylic Acids: Computational Studies and Predictions”. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022, 2022, e202101243. Ferrari, P.; Gómez-Coca, S. ”The spin magnetic order of Con+ (n ≤ 5) clusters”. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2022, 24, 23128-23134. Gabarró-Riera, G.; Jover, J.; Rubio Zuazo, J.; Bartolomé, E.; Sañudo, E. C. ”Towards large area surface functionalization with luminescent and magnetic lanthanoid complexes”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2022, 9, 4160-4170. Gil, D. M.; Echeverría, J.; Alvarez, S. ”Tetramethylammonium Cation: Directionality and Covalency in Its Interactions with Halide Ions”. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 9082-9095. Li, Z.; Nuñez, R.; Light, M. E.; Ruiz, E.; Teixidor, F.; Viñas, C.; Ruiz-Molina, D.; Roscini, C.; Planas, J. G. ”Water-Stable Carborane-Based Eu3+/Tb3+ Metal−Organic Frameworks for Tunable Time-Dependent Emission Color and Their Application in Anticounterfeiting Bar-Coding”. Chemistry of Materials 2022, 34, 4795-4808. Loveday, O.; Jover, J.; Echeverría, J. ”Anion Binding Based on Hg3Anticrowns as Multidentate Lewis Acidic Hosts”. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 12526-12533. Mautner, F. A.; Bierbaumer, F.; Fischer, R. C.; Tubau, À.; Speed, S.; Ruiz, E.; Massoud, S. S.; Vicente, R.; Gómez-Coca, S. ”Insights into the Spin Dynamics of Mononuclear Cerium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets”. Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 11124-11136. Navarro, L.; Cirera, J. ”Exploring the computational design of anionic spin-crossover systems”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2022, 10, 250-258. Pérez-Jiménez, M.; Campos, J.; Jover, J.; Álvarez, S.; Carmona, E. ”Coordination of E-C Bonds (E = Zn, Mg, Al) and the Zn-H Bonds of (C5Me5)ZnH and (C5Me5)ZnZnH across a Quadruply Bonded Dimolybdenum Dihydride Complex”. Organometallics 2022, 41, 3225-3236. Pérez-Jiménez, M.; Campos, J.; Jover, J.; Álvarez, S.; Carmona, E. ”Supported σ-Complexes of Li−C Bonds from Coordination of Monomeric Molecules of LiCH3, LiCH2CH3 and LiC6H5 to Mo≣Mo Bonds”. Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 2022, 61, e202116009. Riba-López, D.; Zaffino, R.; Herrera, D.; Matheu, R.; Silvestri, F.; Ferreira da Silva, J.; Sañudo, E. C.; Mas-Torrent, M.; Barrena, E.; Pfattner, R.; Ruiz, E.; González-Campo, A.; Aliaga-Alcalde, N. ”Dielectric behavior of curcuminoid polymorphs on different substrates by direct soft vacuum deposition”. iScience 2022, 25, 105686. Wu, S. G.; Wang, L. F.; Ruan, Z. Y.; Du, S. N.; Gómez-Coca, S.; Ni, Z. P.; Ruiz, E.; Chen, X. M.; Tong, M. L. ”Redox-Programmable Spin-Crossover Behaviors in a Cationic Framework”. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 14888-14896.