Their conclusion however is in contrast to that made by Fukusima and Aida and Ma and Dougherty , who stated that the specific interaction between the imidazolium ion component and the p-electronic nanotube surface is essential for the excellent dispersion of CNTs in ionic liquids. Likozar investigated the adsorption kinetics of different ionic liquids into CNT/HNBR composites by immersing the cured composites in the ionic liquid/chloroform solvent