TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The carbon nanotubes are single-walled or multi-walled (preferably single-walled). The liquid is an organic liquid (preferably condensed gas). The organic liquid is alcohol (preferably saturated monovalent linear, branched or cyclic hydroxylated hydrocarbon; especially methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, sec-butanol, tert-butanol, pentanol or hexanol), ether, hydrocarbon, cyclic hydrocarbon or cyclic aromatic. The surfactant is an alkyl ammonium surfactant of formula (R2-N+(R1)(R3)-R4)Z- (preferably trimethylammonium surfactant; especially cetyl trimethyl ammonium fluoride, cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, cetyl trimethyl ammonium iodide or preferably cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide), or a cationic or anionic surfactant. The cationic surfactant is an alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium compound of formula (R-N+(CH3)2-benzyl)Z-, alkyl trimethyl ammonium compound of formula (R-N+(CH3)3)Z-, dialkyl dimethyl ammonium compound of formula (R-N+-(CH3)2-R)Z- or trialkyl methyl ammonium compound of formula (R-N+(R)2-CH3)Z-. The anionic surfactant is sulfosuccinate diester of formula CH2-((CH2)n-CO2R)-CH((CH2)mCO2R')-SO3-M+, sulfosuccinate monoester of formula CH2-((CH2)n-CO2R)-CH((CH2)mCO2M+)-SO3-M+, naphthalene sulfonate of formula (i) or benzenesulfonate of formula (ii).R', R, R1 - R4 = alkyl;Z = counter ion;M+ = group 1 metal;n and m = 0 - 20; andn1 = 1 - 5000.Preferred Composition: The composition comprises 99.97-90.00% of liquid, 0.01-10% surfacant, and 0.01-50g of carbon nanotubes.Preferred Method: The carbon nanotubes are in the form of bundles, flocculants or ropes before combining with the liquid and the surfactant. The combining step is performed at 0 - 175 degrees C (preferably 0 - 20 degrees C, especially at room temperature). The method additionally involves sonicating the suspended carbon nanotubes, and the liquid and the surfactant are combined prior to contacting the carbon nanotubes.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The liquid is an inorganic liquid (preferably an acid or a base) and/or an aqueous liquid. The aqueous liquid is aqueous sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, sodium iodide, calcium fluoride, calcium chloride, calcium iodide, calcium bromide, sodium sulfate, sodium sulfite, magnesium fluoride, magnesium chloride, magnesium bromide, magnesium iodide, ammonium fluoride, ammonium bromide, ammonium chloride or ammonium iodide. EXAMPLE - Single-walled carbon nanotubes (0.1453 g) were mixed with boiled deionized water (10.005 g). Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) (0.1994 g) was added to the mixture. The mixture was then sonicated for 2 minutes, and allowed to rest overnight at 25 degrees C, and then again sonicated for an hour. The suspension was taken into a petri-dish and dried, and then the concentration of single-walled nanotubes was measured, which was found to be 12 g/l.