BUCKYBALL SUPER-POLYHEDRA

The possibility of interlinking buckminsterfullerene molecules via sig ma-bonds to form novel nanostructures is considered. That is, each >>n ode<< of such a super-structure is itself a buckyball. Particular atte ntion is directed to regular polyhedral nanostructures as well as the self-similar truncated icosahedral nanostructure. A systematic conside ration of geometric constraints is presented, and an informative pertu rbative development of the pi-MOs and their eigenspectra is made. A tr uncated icosahedral construction yields a buckyball buckyball, and ite ration of this construction leads toward a buckyball fractal.