ABSTRACT
Lipids and lipid-like molecules are known to play an important role in various aspects of everyday life (biological cell membranes, fats and nutrition, soaps and emulsions, lubricants).
Physisorbed monolayers of alkylated molecular species have been extensively investigated. Only little is known about molecular structure and dynamics at domain boundaries of two-dimensional molecular crystals. In the literature, many studies have been carried out on long-chain hydrocarbon molecule adsorption on graphite surfaces as a model system for determining the forces responsible for the adsorption processes.
