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Overview

Roger Alberto is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and primarily works in the field of Materials Science. Their research extensively covers Materials Chemistry as well as related subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics of Roger Alberto's work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Roger Alberto has contributed to a number of recent publications in various scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "The "Carbonyl Story" and Beyond; Experiences, Lessons and Implications," 2020, ChemBioChem
  • "Role of Pure Technetium Chemistry: Are There Still Links to Applications in Imaging?," 2023, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Bioorganometallic Technetium and Rhenium Chemistry: Fundamentals for Applications," 2020, CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry

Their work is frequently published in several established scientific venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Roger Alberto has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Henrik Braband
  • Olivier Blacque
  • Bernhard Spingler
  • Robin Bolliger
  • Benjamin Probst

This academic profile highlights Roger Alberto's ongoing contributions to the areas of crystallography, organometallic chemistry, and applications in radiopharmaceuticals and imaging, supported by a strongly collaborative research approach.

Best Publications

  • A Novel Organometallic Aqua Complex of Technetium for the Labeling of Biomolecules: Synthesis of [99mTc(OH2)3(CO)3]+ from [99mTcO4]- in Aqueous Solution and Its Reaction with a Bifunctional Ligand

    Roger Alberto;Roger Schibli;and André Egli;August P. Schubiger

  • Synthesis and properties of boranocarbonate: a convenient in situ CO source for the aqueous preparation of [(99m)Tc(OH(2))3(CO)3]+.

    Roger Alberto;Kirstin Ortner;Nigel Wheatley;Roger Schibli

  • Influence of the denticity of ligand systems on the in vitro and in vivo behavior of (99m)Tc(I)-tricarbonyl complexes: a hint for the future functionalization of biomolecules.

    R Schibli;R La Bella;R Alberto;E Garcia-Garayoa

  • CORM-A1: a new pharmacologically active carbon monoxide-releasing molecule

    Roberto Motterlini;Philip Sawle;Jehad Hammad;Sandip Bains

  • Basic aqueous chemistry of [M(OH2)3(CO)3]+ (M=Re, Tc) directed towards radiopharmaceutical application

    Roger Alberto;Roger Schibli;Robert Waibel;Ulrich Abram

  • Stable one-step technetium-99m labeling of His-tagged recombinant proteins with a novel Tc(I)-carbonyl complex.

    R Waibel;R Alberto;J Willuda;R Finnern

  • First Application of fac-[99mTc(OH2)3(CO)3]+ in Bioorganometallic Chemistry: Design, Structure, and in Vitro Affinity of a 5-HT1A Receptor Ligand Labeled with 99mTc

    Roger Alberto;and Roger Schibli;August P. Schubiger;Ulrich Abram

  • Synthesis and reactivity of [NEt4]2[ReBr3(CO)3]. Formation and structural characterization of the clusters [NEt4][Re3(µ3-OH)(µ-OH)3(CO)9] and [NEt4][Re2(µ-OH)3(CO)6] by alkaline titration

    Roger Alberto;André Egli;Ulrich Abram;Kaspar Hegetschweiler

  • A Highly Stable Rhenium−Cobalt System for Photocatalytic H2 Production: Unraveling the Performance-Limiting Steps

    Benjamin Probst;Alexander Rodenberg;Miguel Guttentag;Peter Hamm

  • Technetium and rhenium: coordination chemistry and nuclear medical applications

    Ulrich Abram;Roger Alberto

  • Steps toward high specific activity labeling of biomolecules for therapeutic application: preparation of precursor [(188)Re(H(2)O)(3)(CO)(3)](+) and synthesis of tailor-made bifunctional ligand systems.

    Roger Schibli;Rolf Schwarzbach;Roger Alberto;Kirstin Ortner

  • Chemistry and biological activities of CO-releasing molecules (CORMs) and transition metal complexes

    Roger Alberto;Roberto Motterlini

  • Ligand variations in [ReX(diimine)(CO)3] complexes : Effects on photocatalytic CO2 reduction

    Philipp Kurz;Philipp Kurz;Benjamin Probst;Bernhard Spingler;Roger Alberto

  • An efficient homogeneous intermolecular rhenium-based photocatalytic system for the production of H2.

    Benjamin Probst;Christoph Kolano;Peter Hamm;Roger Alberto

  • Photocatalytic H2 production from water with rhenium and cobalt complexes

    Benjamin Probst;Miguel Guttentag;Alexander Rodenberg;Peter Hamm

  • VEHICLES CHELATORS, AND RADIONUCLIDES : CHOOSING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF AN EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATE

    Schubiger Pa;Alberto R;Smith A

  • Organometallic 99mTc-aquaion labels peptide to an unprecedented high specific activity.

    A Egli;R Alberto;L Tannahill;R Schibli

  • Reactions with the technetium and rhenium carbonyl complexes (NEt4)2[MX3(CO)3]. Synthesis and structure of [Tc(CN-But)3(CO)3](NO3) and (NEt4)[Tc2(μ-SCH2CH2OH)3(CO)6]

    Roger Alberto;Roger Schibli;P. August Schubiger;Ulrich Abram

  • New paradigms for synthetic pathways inspired by bioorganometallic chemistry

    Gérard Jaouen;Siden Top;Anne Vessières;Roger Alberto

  • New derivatives of vitamin B12 show preferential targeting of tumors.

    Robert Waibel;Hansjörg Treichler;Niklaus G. Schaefer;Dave R. van Staveren

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Spingler
Bernhard Spingler University of Zurich
Roger Schibli
Roger Schibli ETH Zurich
Thomas Fox
Thomas Fox University of Zurich
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich
Olivier Blacque
Olivier Blacque University of Zurich
Gilles Gasser
Gilles Gasser Chimie ParisTech
Marcella Iannuzzi
Marcella Iannuzzi University of Zurich
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Technical University of Munich
Alberto Albinati
Alberto Albinati University of Milan
Heinz Berke
Heinz Berke University of Zurich

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