Disclosed herein is a method of forming a guanidine group on carbon
nanotubes to improve the dispersibility of carbon nanotubes, a method of
attaching carbon nanotubes having guanidine groups to a substrate, and
carbon nanotubes and a substrate manufactured by the above methods. The
method of forming the guanidine group on the carbon nanotubes includes
forming a carboxyl group on the carbon nanotubes, and forming the
guanidine group on the carboxyl group of the carbon nanotubes. In
addition, the method of attaching the carbon nanotubes having guanidine
groups to the substrate includes coating a substrate with a polymer
having crown ether attached thereto, drying the polymer layer having
crown ether attached thereto formed on the substrate to be semi-dried,
and coating the semi-dried polymer layer with a solution including carbon
nanotubes having guanidine groups dispersed therein. The carbon nanotubes
having guanidine groups, which are manufactured by the method of the
current invention, are hydrogen bonded with the solvent molecule capable
of reacting with the guanidine group to form the hydrogen bond, and thus,
are uniformly dispersed in the solvent. Further, by using the properties
of the guanidine group capable of being selectively combined with crown
ether, the carbon nanotubes having guanidine groups are aligned
perpendicularly to the substrate at regular intervals thereon.