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Finally, chemists wrangle the hydrogen radical in synthesis
Atomic hydrogen (H•) is the smallest radical in the universe, consisting of one electron and one proton. Irving Langmuir observed H• experimentally for the first time in 1912, and it has since found applications in a variety of fields including solid state materials, quantum science, and cancer therapy. But the…
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