Supported by the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant Nos 001CB610502 and 001CB610504, the National High Technology Development Program of China under Grant No 2004AA302Gll, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60271004, and the Key Project and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of the Ministry of Education of China. 0ne of the authors (Ge Siping) wishes to thank Professor Q. Chen for her generous assistance.
The adsorption of L-alanine on Cu(111) surface is studied by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy under ultra-high vacuum conditions. The results show that the adsorbates are chemisorbed on the surface, and can f...