title: Switching the chirality of single adsorbate complexes.
abstract: Pumped up: Propene molecules form chiral complexes when adsorbed on a copper surface. Inelastically scattered tunneling electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope induce rotation or diffusion of the adsorbate on the surface. Higher tunneling currents can lead to conversion of the adsorbate into the opposite enantiomer.
authors.affiliation: Nanoscale Materials Science, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parschau
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Passerone
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rieder
authors.forename: Hans J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hug
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ernst