Flerovium-capturing sulfur cages could finally reveal where in the periodic table the superheavy element belongs
‘Flerovium might not belong [where it currently sits in the periodic table], so in other words Mendeleev’s table is no longer true,’ says chemist John Despotopulos. His team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US, wants to capture the superheavy element in a molecular cage to finally settle questions about its chemical nature.