We have discovered that, by mixing with room-temperature ionic liquid, carbon nanotubes form gels after being ground.  This new soft material, “Bucky Gel”, could be engineered to a highly electroconductive polymer/nanotube composites.

See C&EN, TRN, nanotechweb

MOLECULAR ORDERING OF ORGANIC MOLTEN SALTS TRIGGERED BY SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES