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Water Nanodrop containing a C₆₀ fullerene

A putative structure with one C₆₀ fullerene molecule and 80 water molecules inside a spherical polyoxomolybdate cluster {(Mo)Mo₅}₁₂(Mo₂ spacer)₃₀. The hydration layer consisting of the 80 H₂O molecules fits well with the hydration structure of both the known 100 H₂O cluster inside the nanodrop (less its central 20 H₂O dodecahedron) and the known 80 H₂O cluster exterior to the C₆₀ fullerene molecule. This structure is expected to have interesting properties but has not yet been found by experiment.

 

 

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