Chemistry
The Quest for Superheavy Elements and the Island of Stability
A race is on to create the world's heaviest elements—and to explore the periodic table's “island of stability,” where these elements exist for more than a moment
Stories by Christoph E. Düllmann
Christoph E. Düllmann is a nuclear chemist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, all in Germany. He studies the synthesis and nuclear and chemical properties of superheavy elements and their compounds. Credit: Nick Higgins
