Abstract Submitted to the    NANOTUBE'04 Conference:

Upon chemical reduction, it is found that carbon nanotubes are rendered solubles in polar organic solvents without functionnalization and without the aid of ultrasounds, thus keeping both the true chemical structure of carbon nanotubes and their length. We will present the synthesis method and will describe the nanotube solutions thus obtained. Solubilities are as high as a few mg/ml . These solutions may have a number of applications such as organic functionnalization of carbon nanotubes, purification, obtention of thin films and composites and so on.