Dr Alvaro Etcheverry Berrios

Alvaro Etcheverry

Dr Alvaro Etcheverry Berrios MRSC AFHEA

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

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Biography

I am Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the Manchester Metropolitan University. My research focuses on developing sensors based on molecular electronics.

I received my PhD in Chemistry from Universidad de Chile in 2018, where I worked in the group of Prof. Monica Soler. My PhD project focused on the synthesis of organic molecules and their coordination compounds, their characterisation through different spectro-electrochemical techniques, and their application in molecular conductance devices and optoelectronics.

After completing my PhD, I moved to Edinburgh as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry and the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions at the University of Edinburgh in the group of Prof. Euan K. Brechin. In 2021, I received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to continue working on the same project. My postdoctoral research focused on supramolecular paramagnetic metal-organic cages and their host-guest behaviour, with a particular interest in understanding the interactions between these cages and guest molecules, and how they can be controlled and optimized to achieve specific magnetic properties.

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Research outputs

  • Journal articles

    Phelps, R., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Brechin, E.K., Johansson, O. (2023) 'Equatorial restriction of the photoinduced Jahn-Teller switch in Mn(III)-cyclam complexes.' Chemical Science, 14pp. 6621-6630.

    Woodhouse, S.S., Dais, T.N., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Brechin, E.K., Lane, J.R., Plieger, P.G. (2022) 'Against the Norm: Non Irving-Williams Transmetalation in Transition Metal Dimers.' Inorganic Chemistry, 61(44) pp. 17819-17827.

    Singh, M.K., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Vallejo, J., Sanz, S., Martínez-Lillo, J., Nichol, G.S., Lusby, P.J., Brechin, E.K. (2022) 'Guest-induced magnetic exchange in paramagnetic [M2L4]4+ coordination cages.' Dalton Transactions, 51(21) pp. 8377-8381.

    Rodríguez-Cid, L., Qian, W., Iribarra-Araya, J., Etcheverry-Berríos, Á., Martínez-Olmos, E., Choquesillo-Lazarte, D., Sañudo, E.C., Roubeau, O., López-Periago, A.M., González-Campo, A., Planas, J.G., Soler, M., Domingo, C., Aliaga-Alcalde, N. (2021) 'Broadening the scope of high structural dimensionality nanomaterials using pyridine-based curcuminoids.' Dalton Transactions, 50(20) pp. 7056-7064.

    O’Connor, H.M., Coletta, M., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Nichol, G.S., Brechin, E.K., Lusby, P.J. (2020) 'Kinetic selection of Pd4L2metallocyclic and Pd6L3trigonal prismatic assemblies.' Chemical Communications, 56(79) pp. 11799-11802.

    Etcheverry-Berrios, A., Parsons, S., Kamenev, K.V., Probert, M.R., Moggach, S.A., Murrie, M., Brechin, E.K. (2020) 'Putting the squeeze on molecule-based magnets: Exploiting pressure to develop magneto-structural correlations in paramagnetic coordination compounds.' Magnetochemistry, 6(3) pp. 1-28.

    Dulić, D., Rates, A., Castro, E., Labra-Muñoz, J., Aravena, D., Etcheverry-Berrios, A., Riba-López, D., Ruiz, E., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Soler, M., Echegoyen, L., Van Der Zant, H.S.J. (2020) 'Single-Molecule Transport of Fullerene-Based Curcuminoids.' Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(4) pp. 2698-2704.

    Castro, E., Cerón, M.R., Garcia, A.H., Kim, Q., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Morel, M.J., Díaz-Torres, R., Qian, W., Martinez, Z., Mendez, L., Perez, F., Santoyo, C.A., Gimeno-Muñoz, R., Esper, R., Gutierrez, D.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Llano, M., Soler, M., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Echegoyen, L. (2019) 'Correction: A new family of fullerene derivatives: Fullerene-curcumin conjugates for biological and photovoltaic applications (RSC Advances (2018) 8 (41692-41698) DOI: 10.1039/C8RA08334G).' RSC Advances, 9(5)

    Castro, E., Cerón, M.R., Garcia, A.H., Kim, Q., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Morel, M.J., Díaz-Torres, R., Qian, W., Martinez, Z., Mendez, L., Perez, F., Santoyo, C.A., Gimeno-Muñoz, R., Esper, R., Gutierrez, D.A., Varela-Ramirez, A., Aguilera, R.J., Llano, M., Soler, M., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Echegoyen, L. (2018) 'A new family of fullerene derivatives: Fullerene-curcumin conjugates for biological and photovoltaic applications.' RSC Advances, 8(73) pp. 41692-41698.

    Olavarría-Contreras, I.J., Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Qian, W., Gutiérrez-Cerón, C., Campos-Olguín, A., Sañudo, E.C., Dulić, D., Ruiz, E., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Soler, M., Van Der Zant, H.S.J. (2018) 'Electric-field induced bistability in single-molecule conductance measurements for boron coordinated curcuminoid compounds.' Chemical Science, 9(34) pp. 6988-6996.

    Berlanga, I., Etcheverry-Berríos, Á., Mella, A., Jullian, D., Gómez, V.A., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Fuenzalida, V., Flores, M., Soler, M. (2017) 'Formation of self-assembled monolayer of curcuminoid molecules on gold surfaces.' Applied Surface Science, 392pp. 834-840.

    Etcheverry-Berríos, A., Olavarría, I., Perrin, M.L., Díaz-Torres, R., Jullian, D., Ponce, I., Zagal, J.H., Pavez, J., Vásquez, S.O., van der Zant, H.S.J., Dulić, D., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Soler, M. (2016) 'Multiscale Approach to the Study of the Electronic Properties of Two Thiophene Curcuminoid Molecules.' Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(36) pp. 12808-12818.

    Faundez-Parraguez, M., Farias-Rabelo, N., Gonzalez-Gutierrez, J.P., Etcheverry-Berrios, A., Alzate-Morales, J., Adasme-Carreño, F., Varas, R., Bermudez, I., Iturriaga-Vasquez, P. (2013) 'Neonicotinic analogues: Selective antagonists for α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.' Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 21(10) pp. 2687-2694.