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Buckybowls on Metal Surfaces: Symmetry Mismatch and Enantiomorphism of Corannulene on Cu(110)
Author(s) -
Parschau Manfred,
Fasel Roman,
Ernst KarlHeinz,
Gröning Oliver,
Brandenberger Louis,
Schillinger Richard,
Greber Thomas,
Seitsonen Ari P.,
Wu YaoTing,
Siegel Jay S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200700610
Subject(s) - corannulene , monolayer , symmetry (geometry) , crystallography , molecule , metal , chemical physics , symmetry breaking , chemistry , surface (topology) , materials science , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , geometry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , mathematics
Fivefold versus twofold: Symmetry‐breaking interactions in the monolayer of the buckybowl corannulene on Cu(110) lead to the formation of extended mirror domains (see picture). The molecules are adsorbed in a tilted geometry with the bowl opening pointing away from the surface.