Patent ID: 8808857

Claim:
A method of fabricating a material employing carbon nanotube arrays, the method comprising: growing a first carbon nanotube array on a first growth substrate; growing a second carbon nanotube array on a second growth substrate; disposing a first support layer on a surface of the first carbon nanotube array while the first carbon nanotube array is attached to the first growth substrate; disposing a second support layer on a surface of the second carbon nanotube array while the second carbon nanotube array is attached to the second growth substrate; attaching the first support layer to the second support layer; and removing the first growth substrate and the second growth substrate from the first carbon nanotube array and the second carbon nanotube array, after attaching the first support layer to the second support layer, wherein the removing of the first growth substrate comprises forming a substantially flat conformal surface of the first carbon nanotube array by exposing another surface thereof, wherein the removing the second growth substrate comprises forming a substantially flat conformal surface of the second carbon nanotube array by exposing another surface thereof, and wherein each of the first support layer and the second support layer comprises copper or aluminum throughout.