Patent ID: 8247024

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube/polymer composite, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carbon nanotube array on a substrate in a container; (b) providing a prepolymer material; (c) putting the prepolymer material into the container and permitting the prepolymer material to fill in clearances of the carbon nanotube array and thus yield a prepolymer film; (d) polymerizing the prepolymer film to form a polymer film, the carbon nanotube array thereby being embedded within the polymer film; (e) removing air in the carbon nanotube array by evacuating the container, wherein step (e) is performed before step (c); and (f) securing the container onto a rotator and rotating the rotator, thereby removing a part of the prepolymer material covering an upper end of the carbon nanotube array and making a top end of the carbon nanotube array extend from a top surface of the prepolymer material, wherein step (f) is performed before step (d).