Soft Conductive Silicone Composites Based on Carbon Nanotubes Modified with Ferrocenyl-Containing Polysiloxanes

Introduction of ferrocenyl-containing polysiloxanes onto the carbon nanotubes has paved the way to prospective electrochemical (bio)sensors, energy storage devices, optoelectronic devices, ion-separation systems, etc. In the study we compare covalent and non-covalent approaches of multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalization by ferrocenyl-containing polysiloxanes, which were investigated by Raman and X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The soft silicone composites based on the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified via the two approaches were obtained and analyzed.