Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 43(46), p. 8258-8261, 2007
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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.