Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 134–144, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.14
itself in its excited form and is thus capable of promoting electron transfer to MWCNTs. In this way, the resulting radical species, FeCp2+∙ and MWCNT−, easily react with oxygen giving rise to the ignition of MWCNT/ferrocene samples.
Keywords: absorption spectra; CW Xe light source; metalnanoparticle
ignitors; multiwalled carbon nanotubes; photo-induced ignition; Introduction
The photo-ignition process of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was observed for the first time accidentally by exposing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to the flash of an ordinary camera [1]. Following this, studies [2] highlighted
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Figure 1:
Ferrocene molecular structure (a) and its view as a 3D model (b).