Patent ID: 7833504

Claim:
An adduct comprising a carbon nanotube with at least one covalently attached silane moiety, wherein the silicon atom of the silane moiety is directly attached to the carbon nanotube, or is attached to an oxygenated functionality on the carbon nanotube, wherein about 3% to 30% of the sidewall carbon atoms of the nanotube have a silane moiety attached, and wherein the silane moiety is trimethoxysilane; hexaphenyldisilane; silylphosphine; 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane; polydimethylsiloxane, poly(N-bromobenzene-1,3-disulfonamide); N,N,N′,N′-tetrabromobenzene-1,3-disulfonamide; hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS); chlorotrimethylsilane (TMCS); trichloromethylsilane (TCMS); an alkyl(alkylamino)silane; a tri(alkoxy)silane; R1SiHR2R3, wherein R1-R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl with 1-10 carbon atoms; tert-butyldimethylsilane; monochloroaminosilane; dichloroaminosilane; trichloroaminosilane; or dimethylaminosilane.