%0 Journal Article %T Preparation of Dithienylethene with Amino Groups, and Photochromic Behavior in Langmuir-Blodgett Film of the Amphiphilicdithienylethene %A Tetsuzo Fujise %A Michinori Takeshita %A Koichi Sakaguchi %A Masanao Era %J International Journal of Organic Chemistry %P 158-161 %@ 2161-4695 %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ijoc.2013.32019 %X
We
successfully synthesized dithienylethene with amino groups. Then, we
successfully prepared Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of the dithienylethene
having ammonium cation group when dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid was employed as
an anionic counter ion. From X-ray diffraction profiles, however, it was
demonstrated that they did not form well-defined layered structure; X-ray diffraction peaks were much
broadened. Photochromic behavior was confirmed in the LB films. Unfortunately,
the LB films were not so stable; photochromic reaction was observed only several times in the LB films.