Superheavy elements are short-lived and only available on a single-atom level, making their chemical properties very challenging to study. Now, through their co-precipitation with samarium, single atoms of rutherfordium have been shown to form hydroxide complexes but not ammine ones.
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Yakushev, A. Probing precipitation properties. Nat. Chem. 13, 213–215 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-00625-7
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