title: A metal surface with chiral memory.
abstract: Adsorption of maleic acid onto the copper(110) surface in ultrahigh vacuum induces restructuring of the surface such that its original mirror symmetry is locally broken. Scanning tunnelling microscopy performed on areas, which contain no molecules after annealing, reveals that Cu adatoms are still lined up on the surface in a chiral fashion.
authors.affiliation: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. karl-heinz.ernst@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Chrysanthi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karageorgaki
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ernst