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Schematic drawing of the electronic processes in the chiral molecule before and after contact with the metal. Bold (faint and dotted) lines represent the main (vibrationally induced) electronic levels, and arrows signify a few possible transitions between the states that before contact are not allowed by orthogonality. On the contrary, these are allowed after contact with the metal is made because the presence of the metal breaks up the orthogonality between these states.
