Chirality change of chloronitrobenzene on Au(111) induced by inelastic electron tunneling.

Violeta Simic-Milosevic, Jörg Meyer, Karina Morgenstern

Index: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 48(22) , 4061-4, (2009)

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Abstract

Chirality chameleon: Inelastic electron tunneling manipulation can be used to change a single chloronitrobenzene (ClNB) molecule, randomly adsorbed on Au(111), into its desired enantiomeric form (r or l, see STM images and ball-and-stick representation) and to vary its rotational orientation. The different threshold voltages for chirality change (260 mV) and rotation (380 mV) allow these processes to be induced separately.