Provided herein is a method of forming a composition by co-processing nanocarbon aggregates and carbon black aggregates, which includes providing nanocarbon aggregates, providing carbon black aggregates, and mixing the nanocarbon aggregates and the carbon black aggregates such that the nanocarbon aggregates disperse into looser aggregates of nanocarbons and carbon black, or individualized nanocarbons dispersed among the carbon black aggregates.

Provided is a method for conveniently producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles that exhibits excellent dispersibility and storage stability, in the case of producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles by liquid-phase oxidation of carbon black particles using a persulfate. In the method for producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles by bringing at least one persulfate and carbon black particles into contact to perform liquid-phase oxidation, in the presence of an inorganic alkali in an amount equal to or greater than an amount theoretically necessary for neutralizing an acidic product produced by the liquid-phase oxidation, the persulfate and the carbon black particles are brought into contact in water and subjected to liquid-phase oxidation treatment while being heated.

Provided is a method for conveniently producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles that exhibits excellent dispersibility and storage stability, in the case of producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles by liquid-phase oxidation of carbon black particles using a persulfate. In the method for producing a water dispersion of oxidized carbon black particles by bringing at least one persulfate and carbon black particles into contact to perform liquid-phase oxidation, in the presence of an inorganic alkali in an amount equal to or greater than an amount theoretically necessary for neutralizing an acidic product produced by the liquid-phase oxidation, the persulfate and the carbon black particles are brought into contact in water and subjected to liquid-phase oxidation treatment while being heated.

One or more techniques are disclosed for a method for functionalized a graphitic material comprising the steps of: 1) providing a graphitic material; 2) providing a first molecule comprising a first group, a spacer, and a second group; 3) providing a second molecule comprising a third group, a spacer, and a fourth group, wherein the third group is a different group from the first group; and 4) bonding the first molecule and the second molecule to the graphitic material. Also disclosed is a tunable material composition comprising the functionalized carbon nanotubes or functionalized graphene prepared by the methods described herein.

Provided is a method for easily producing an oxidized carbon black aqueous dispersion that can highly remove multivalent metal ions and exhibit excellent dispersion stability.

A method for producing an oxidized carbon black aqueous dispersion by successively performing on an aqueous slurry of oxidized carbon black having one or more anionic functional groups on a surface thereof a neutralization step of mixing an alkali metal hydroxide and performing heating/neutralization in the presence of one or more selected from a water-soluble chelating agent and a salt thereof or after mixing an alkali metal hydroxide and performing heating/neutralization, mixing one or more selected from a water-soluble chelating agent and a salt thereof and a separation and removal step of separating and removing a multivalent metal ion chelate complex from a mixed solution obtained at the neutralization step using a separation membrane.

Disclosed herein are radically initiated process involving tris(trimethylsilyl)silane that are suitable for surface functionalization or formation of composite materials based on functionalized nanoparticles.

Disclosed herein are radically initiated process involving tris(trimethylsilyl)silane that are suitable for surface functionalization or formation of composite materials based on functionalized nanoparticles.

A process for treating carbon black with a sulfur-containing compound to obtain a surface modified carbon black that can decrease the hysteresis of a polymer composition by at least 1%.

A process for treating carbon black with a sulfur-containing compound to obtain a surface modified carbon black that can decrease the hysteresis of a polymer composition by at least 1%.

One or more techniques are disclosed for a method for functionalized a graphitic material comprising the steps of: 1) providing a graphitic material; 2) providing a first molecule comprising a first group, a spacer, and a second group; 3) providing a second molecule comprising a third group, a spacer, and a fourth group, wherein said third group is a different group from said first group; and 4) bonding the first molecule and the second molecule to the graphitic material. Also disclosed is a tunable material composition comprising the functionalized carbon nanotubes or functionalized graphene prepared by the methods described herein.