Theoretical prediction of superatom molecular orbitals (SAMOs) in the ice-like cluster (H2O)10 and its impact in the supramolecular chemistry and function of nanostructured water by Javier Hernandez-Ortega, Ruben Casillas, Neetha Mohan, Suman Sirimulla, Juan C. Noveron

“…Superatom molecular orbitals (SAMOs) are atom-like molecular orbitals that have been observed in the buckminsterfullerene C60 molecule. We studied the ice-like water cluster (H2O)10 that is expected to be ubiquitous in nature in nanoscale microenvironments at ambient temperatures due to the nanoconfinement effect. …”
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EPR studies associated with the electrochemical reduction of C-60 and supramolecular complexes of C-60 in toluene-acetonitrile solvent mixtures by Olsen, SA, Bond, A, Compton, R, Lazarev, G, Mahon, P, Marken, F, Raston, C, Tedesco, V, Webster, R

“…Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies at 295 K of the radical anion of buckminsterfullerene (C60.-) generated electrochemically by bulk-controlled potential electrolysis of neutral C60 in mixed toluene-acetonitrile solvents (5-20% v/v acetonitrile with 0.1-0.2 M n-Hex4NPF6 or n-Bu4NPF6 as the supporting electrolyte) have shown that at least three different forms of C60.- exist in solution. …”

Corannulene: a curved polyarene building block for the construction of functional materials by Stuparu, Mihaiela Corina

“…Corannulene (C20H10) is a molecular bowl of carbon that can be visualized as the hydrogen-terminated cap of buckminsterfullerene. Due to this structural resemblance, it is often referred to as a buckybowl. …”
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Chiral Buckybowl Molecules by Kuppusamy Kanagaraj, Kangjie Lin, Wanhua Wu, Guowei Gao, Zhihui Zhong, Dan Su, Cheng Yang

“…Buckybowls are polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons that have a curved aromatic surface and are considered fragments of buckminsterfullerenes. The curved aromatic surface led to the loss of planar symmetry of the normal aromatic plane and may cause unique inherent chirality, so-called bowl chirality, which it is possible to thermally racemize through a bowl-to-bowl inversion process. …”
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Stability of Coinage Metals Interacting with C₆₀ by Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Ratnasothy Srikaran, Alexander Chroneos

“…Buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) has been advocated as a perfect candidate material for the encapsulation and adsorption of a variety of metals and the resultant metallofullerenes have been considered for the use in different scientific, technological and medical areas. …”
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The interaction of C60 on Si(111) 7x7 studied by Supersonic Molecular Beams: interplay between precursor kinetic energy and substrate temperature in surface activated processes. by Lucrezia eAversa, Simone eTaioli, Simone eTaioli, Simone eTaioli, Marco Vittorio Nardi, Roberta eTatti, Roberto eVerucchi, Salvatore eIannotta

“…Buckminsterfullerene (C60) is a molecule fully formed of carbon that can be used, owing to its electronic and mechanical properties, as clean precursor for the growth of carbon-based materials, ranging from -conjugated systems (graphenes) to synthesized species, e.g. carbides such as silicon carbide (SiC). …”
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