TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The crystallizing dispersant is included in the precursor mixture in a molar ratio of 0.25:1-1:0.25, preferably 0.5:1-1:0.5 of crystalline dispersant to carbon precursor. It includes a carbohydrate, which comprises monosaccharide. The carbohydrate is allose, altrose, glucose, gulose, idose, talose, psicose, fructose, sorbose, tagatose, ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, ribulose, xylulose, and/or their derivatives.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Method: The carbon precursor comprises resorcinol, phenol resin, melamine-formaldehyde gel, poly(furfuryl alcohol), poly(acrylonitrile), or petroleum pitch. The precursor mixture has a pH of greater than or equal to 4.0, preferably greater than or equal to 5.0. EXAMPLE - Iron chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3.6H2O) (81.08 g) was dissolved in deionized water (1.0 L). The resulting solution was added with resorcinol (181.68 g), D-glucose (297.26 g), and deionized water (2.0 L). The solution was stirred until resorcinol was fully dissolved. Then, formaldehyde (267 g) was added to the solution and stirred for 5-10 minutes. Ammonium hydroxide (290 ml) was added dropwise to the precursor solution with vigorous stirring and cured at 8090 degrees C for 5 hours to form a polymerized carbon material. The solid polymerized material was collected by filtration and dried. The polymerized carbon material was carbonized, where carbonization process was conducted under nitrogen flow and carried out under the temperature program as follows: heating to 1050 degrees C at 20 degrees C/minute, holding at 1050 degrees C for 5 hours, and cooling to room temperature. The carbonized carbon product was refluxed in 5 M nitric acid for 6 hours followed by treating in 4 M hydrochloric acid at 90 degrees C for 6 hours. The purified carbon nanomaterial was washed with water until the pH reached 5; collected; and dried overnight at 80 degrees C. The resulting dispersed carbon nanomaterial exhibited minimal agglomeration.