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Switching the Chirality of Single Adsorbate Complexes
Author(s) -
Parschau Manfred,
Passerone Daniele,
Rieder KarlHeinz,
Hug Hans J.,
Ernst KarlHeinz
Publication year - 2009
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.200805740
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , chemical physics , materials science , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , quantum mechanics , chiral symmetry breaking , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
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.