Superheavy Element Chemistry Group

The Superheavy Element Chemistry Group is based

  • at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz
  • the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt and
  • the Helmholtz Institute in Mainz (HIM)

Our research focuses on the heaviest elements in the periodic table:
........the actinides and transactinides.

The main activities include the study of

  • production and nuclear properties of the superheavy elements (SHE)
  • gas-phase chemical studies of transactinide elements and their compounds
  • production of tailor-made actinide samples for chemistry and physics applications