Patent ID: 6884861

Claim:
A composition comprising: a composition having iron nanoparticles dispersed homogeneously throughout said composition, wherein said composition is formed by heating to a temperature of from about 300° C. and above a mixture of: a ferrocenylethynyl containing component selected from the group consisting of 1,4-bis(ferrocenyl)butadiyne, 1-ferrocenylethynyl-4-(phenylethynyl)benzene and 1,3-bis(ferrocenylethynyl)benzene; and an aromatic-acetylene containing component selected from the group consisting of 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(phenylethynyl)benzene, 1,2,4-tris(phenylethynyl)benzene and 1,3,5-tris(phenylethynyl)benzene; and wherein said ferrocenylethynyl containing component and said aromatic-acetylene containing component are in molar mix proportions of between 1 and 99 of said ferrocenylethynyl containing component and between 99 and 1 of said aromatic-acetylene containing component.