Patent ID: 7850874

Claim:
A method of preparing a carbon nanotube-matrix particle complex, comprising: providing at least one carbon nanotube; providing at least one matrix particle; providing at least one linker molecule having at least two functional groups; and dispersing the at least one carbon nanotube, the at least one matrix particle, and the at least one linker molecule together simultaneously in a liquid medium to form a stable suspension thereof, wherein the liquid medium is selected from water, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol, dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or a combination thereof, and wherein a first functional group of the at least one linker molecule binds to a surface of the at least one matrix particle thereby forming a coated surface, and a second functional group of the at least one linker molecule binds to the at least one carbon nanotube to thereby form a carbon nanotube-matrix particle complex.