Following in the footsteps of the early pioneers of nuclear chemistry, such as Irene Curie, one of the contributions of Professor Yennello has been the search for new isotopes of the elements and the use of unusual forms of nuclear matter to understand nuclear chemistry. This talk will review where we stand on the exploration of the nuclear landscape and some of the gems we have extracted from its exploration.  Currently, a bit more than 3,000 isotopes have been discovered, but there may be more than 10,000 that could exist in nature. A major advance will come from the new Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, FRIB, which may have the possibility to dramatically expand our knowledge of the limits.  With this information, we will have a benchmark to test nuclear models and search for new phenomena that occur in weakly-bound nuclides.

Prospecting the nuclear landscape

ACS Fall 2021

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