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A true minimum structure, the buckminsterfullerene of water, (H2O)60, was studied by ab initio and density functional calculations of a total of seven water clusters. The water buckyball can be stabilized further by contact with large hydrophobic molecules such as the famous carbon analogue C60 (see picture).
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Ludwig et al. (2004) studied this question.
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