"Water Buckyballs" Chemical, Catalytic, and Cosmic Implications

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dc.creatorJohnson, Keith
dc.date1998-07-30
dc.date1998-08-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:56:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:56:18Z
dc.descriptionPossible chemical, catalytic, and cosmic roles of charged pentagonal dodecahedral water clusters having "buckyball-like" symmetry are discussed on the basis of electronic and vibronic theory and experiment. The electronic structure in conjunction with the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect is argued to make water buckyballs catalysts and oxygenates for fuel combustion and active agents in biological systems. The broad electronic and unique low-frequency vibronic spectra of water buckyballs may explain certain diffuse interstellar bands, far-infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray cosmic background radiation, and some "missing cosmic baryonic matter". The relevance of water buckyballs to the properties of liquid and supercritical water concludes the paper.
dc.description14 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9807058
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9807058
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87559
dc.subjectAtomic and Molecular Clusters
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectCondensed Matter
dc.title"Water Buckyballs" Chemical, Catalytic, and Cosmic Implications
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