Free-standing lipid membranes are promising as artificial functional membrane systems for application in separation, filtration, and nanopore sensing. To improve the mechanical properties of lipid membranes, UV-polymerized lipids have been introduced. We investigated free-standing as well as substrate-supported monolayers of 1-palmitoyl-2-(10,12-tricosadiynoyl)- sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PTPE) and 1,2-bis(10,12-tricosadiynoyl)- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DiynePC) and characterized them with respect to their structure, morphology, and stability. Using helium ion microscopy (HIM), we were able to visualize the integrity of the lipid 2D-nanomembranes spanning micrometer-sized voids under high-vacuum conditions. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigations under ambient conditions revealed formation of intact and robust pore-spanning 2D-nanomembranes up to 8 × 2 μm in size. Analysis by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) verified a distinct reduction of signal at 2143 cm from diacetylene groups in the 2D-nanomembranes after UV-polymerization. Further high-resolution AFM investigations of unpolymerized lipid monolayers revealed a well-ordered two-dimensional network, when deposited on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). These structures were inhibited for polymerized adlayers. Structural models for the molecular arrangement of the adlayers are proposed and discussed.
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