| Abstract
| - Self-assembled monolayers grafted onto silicon surfaces were obtained from the hydrosilylation productsby trialcoxysilanes of naturally occurring phenolic lipid allyl ethers. The as-obtained materials werecharacterized by various physical and physicochemical methods. Thus, contact angles of water dropsshowed that they possess very high hydrophobicity. Their excellent regularity was corroborated by AFMmicroscopy. The frequencies of the stretching CH2 infrared modes indicate the presence of alkyl chainsmainly in the trans/trans conformation. Additionally, optical ellipsometry and quartz microbalancemeasurements enabled us to estimate the thickness of the films. The results, as a whole, are in goodagreement with the formation of densely packed monolayers.
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