Switching the chirality of single adsorbate complexes.
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.
Parschau
Manfred
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Nanoscale Materials Science, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Passerone
Daniele
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Rieder
Karl-Heinz
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Hug
Hans J
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Ernst
Karl-Heinz
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