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===Materials chemistry===

[[File:Wettability of a silica surface with a bound ferrocene-substituted polymer.jpg|left|thumb|500px|Strands of an uncharged ferrocene-substituted polymer are tethered to a [[hydrophobic]] [[silica]] surface.  Oxidation of the ferrocenyl groups produces a [[hydrophilic]] surface due to electrostatic attractions between the resulting charges and the polar solvent.<ref name = Pietschnig />]] ⏎
Ferrocene, being readily decomposed to iron nanoparticles, can be used as a catalyst for the production of carbon nanotubes.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Devin |last1=Conroya |first2=Anna |last2=Moisalab|first3= Silvana |last3=Cardosoa |first4=Alan |last4=Windleb |first5=John |last5=Davidson|journal=[[Chemical Engineering Science|Chem. Eng. Sci.]]|year=2010|volume=65|pages=2965–2977|doi=10.1016/j.ces.2010.01.019|title=Carbon nanotube reactor: Ferrocene decomposition, iron particle growth, nanotube aggreg(contracted; show full) of as a ferrocenyl version of [[polystyrene]] (the phenyl groups are replaced with ferrocenyl groups). Pendant ferrocene units have been attached to both organic and inorganic polymer backbones (such as [[polysiloxane]]s, [[polyphosphazene]]s, and poly[[phosphinoborane]]s, (&ndash;PH(R)&ndash;BH<sub>2</sub>&ndash;)<sub>''n''</sub>) producing materials with unusual physical and electronic properties relating to the ferrocene / ferrocinium redox couple
.<ref, such as the changed [[wettability]] of a silica surface with tethered polymer strands.<ref name = Pietschnig>{{cite journal|first = Rudolf|last = Pietschnig|title = Polymers with pendant ferrocenes|journal = [[Chemical Society Reviews|Chem. Soc. Rev.]]|year = 2016|volume = 45|pages = 5216-5231|doi = 10.1039/C6CS00196C}}</ref>

===As a ligand scaffold===
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[[Category:Organoiron compounds]]
[[Category:Metallocenes]]
[[Category:Antiknock agents]]
[[Category:Sandwich compounds]]
[[Category:Cyclopentadienyl complexes]]