Formation and Decay of Superheavy Elements

The progress and challenge on studies of superheavy elements both experiments and theories has been briefly introduced. It is emphasis to introduce a generalized liquid drop model, including the proximity effects, the asymmetry, an accurate nuclear radius, and quasi molecular shapes. The α decay halflives of 373 nuclei and superheavy elements have been calculated in the generalized liquid drop model and compared with the available experimental data. The deformed energies have also been obtained in the GLDM for both cold fusion reaction Z=112, 114, 116, 118 and warm fusion reaction Z=112, 114, 116.