Patent ID: 8287678

Claim:
A method for fabricating a carbon nanotube film, the method comprising steps of: providing a carbon nanotube array grown on a surface of a substrate having a plurality of carbon nanotubes substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, and an adhesive device, wherein the adhesive device comprises of a body and an inclined contacting surface to adhere selected carbon nanotubes of the plurality of carbon nanotubes; contacting the selected carbon nanotubes with the inclined contacting surface to push the selected carbon nanotubes aligned obliquely to the surface of the substrate and adhere the selected carbon nanotubes to the inclined contacting surface; and moving the adhesive device away from the substrate, wherein the inclined contacting surface comprises a straight contacting edge; if the inclined contacting surface is in contact with the selected carbon nanotubes of the carbon nanotube array, the contacting edge is parallel and adjacent to the surface of the substrate.