The PSI Laboratory of Radiochemistry studies the chemistry of heavy elements, potential radiopharmaceuticals and radionuclides in liquid metals.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Editor's choice Electrochimica Acta
Paul Dutheil and colleagues have been recognized with an Editor’s Choice 2026 award by Electrochimica Acta, placing their work among the journal’s top 2% of published papers. By comparing the electrodeposition of bulk tellurium with that of individual atoms, the study provides key insights for future electrochemical investigations of superheavy elements, where experiments are limited to atom-at-a-time conditions.
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Excellent results for the Laboratory of Radiochemistry (LRC) at the 2026 NES PhD Day: Sofia Pasolini (Midway Research Phase) and Sebastian Siegrist (Newly Started) won their respective categories, while Balázs Marius and Elizaveta Artiushova were selected as finalists. Congratulations to all for these outstanding achievements! 👏
Welcome to Our New Team Members
We are happy to welcome Francesco Barattini, Anita Piccoli, Arda Baran Burçak, and Ian Mirco Saxer to our team.
They join us with different backgrounds and expertise, bringing fresh energy and new perspectives to our ongoing work in radiochemistry, target development, and nuclear science.
We are looking forward to working together and to the contributions they will make to our activities and collaborations.
A warm welcome to all of them, and we wish them a great start with us!
Exploring the heavy end of the Periodic Table – SRF interview with Patrick Steinegger and Christoph Düllmann
Daniel Theis from Swiss Radio and Television (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRF) spoke with Christoph Düllmann (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research & Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) and our own Patrick Steinegger (Heavy Elements group at PSI and ETH Zürich) about what it looks like “Am schweren Ende des Periodensystems” (English: At the heavy end of the periodic table).
LRC Annual Reports
The Annual Reports of the LRC contain accounts of ongoing scientific research and provide an overview of the variety of topics investigated in our laboratory. Until 2015, they comprise results achieved within the former Laboratory for Radio- and Environmental Chemistry (LCH).