@article{9708c5c283614789b09d677db09a9059,
title = "First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA",
abstract = "Nihonium (Nh, element 113) and flerovium (Fl, element 114) are the first superheavy elements in which the 7p shell is occupied. High volatility and inertness were predicted for Fl due to the strong relativistic stabilization of the closed 7p1/2 sub-shell, which originates from a large spin-orbit splitting between the 7p1/2 and 7p3/2 orbitals. One unpaired electron in the outermost 7p1/2 sub-shell in Nh is expected to give rise to a higher chemical reactivity. Theoretical predictions of Nh reactivity are discussed, along with results of the first experimental attempts to study Nh chemistry in the gas phase. The experimental observations verify a higher chemical reactivity of Nh atoms compared to its neighbor Fl and call for the development of advanced setups. First tests of a newly developed detection device miniCOMPACT with highly reactive Fr isotopes assure that effective chemical studies of Nh are within reach.",
keywords = "TASCA, element 113, gas phase chromatography, nihonium, physical preseparation, superheavy elements",
author = "A. Yakushev and L. Lens and D{\"u}llmann, {Ch E.} and M. Block and H. Brand and T. Calverley and M. Dasgupta and {Di Nitto}, A. and M. G{\"o}tz and S. G{\"o}tz and H. Haba and L. Harkness-Brennan and Herzberg, {R. D.} and He{\ss}berger, {F. P.} and D. Hinde and A. H{\"u}bner and E. J{\"a}ger and D. Judson and J. Khuyagbaatar and B. Kindler and Y. Komori and J. Konki and Kratz, {J. V.} and J. Krier and N. Kurz and M. Laatiaoui and B. Lommel and Christian Lorenz and M. Maiti and Mistry, {A. K.} and Ch Mokry and Y. Nagame and P. Papadakis and A. S{\aa}mark-Roth and D. Rudolph and J. Runke and Sarmiento, {L. G.} and Sato, {T. K.} and M. Sch{\"a}del and P. Scharrer and B. Schausten and J. Steiner and P. Th{\"o}rle-Pospiech and A. Toyoshima and N. Trautmann and J. Uusitalo and A. Ward and M. Wegrzecki and V. Yakusheva",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021 Yakushev, Lens, D{\"u}llmann, Block, Brand, Calverley, Dasgupta, Di Nitto, G{\"o}tz, G{\"o}tz, Haba, Harkness-Brennan, Herzberg, He{\ss}berger, Hinde, H{\"u}bner, J{\"a}ger, Judson, Khuyagbaatar, Kindler, Komori, Konki, Kratz, Krier, Kurz, Laatiaoui, Lommel, Lorenz, Maiti, Mistry, Mokry, Nagame, Papadakis, S{\aa}mark-Roth, Rudolph, Runke, Sarmiento, Sato, Sch{\"a}del, Scharrer, Schausten, Steiner, Th{\"o}rle-Pospiech, Toyoshima, Trautmann, Uusitalo, Ward, Wegrzecki and Yakusheva.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "30",
doi = "10.3389/fchem.2021.753738",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
journal = "Frontiers in Chemistry",
issn = "2296-2646",
publisher = "Frontiers Media SA",
}