Patent ID: 8530271

Claim:
A method for doping a carbon nanotube-based nanostructure, the method comprising: applying a fullerene-based material to an outer surface of the nanostructure, the fullerene-based material having a Fermi level that is below the Fermi level of the nanostructure; using the applied fullerene-based material to grow a fullerene-based dopant material on the nanostructure; and doping the surface of the nanostructure with a dopant from the fullerene-based dopant material to effect a charge transfer from the dopant to the nanostructure and form a hybrid material including a portion of the nanostructure and the dopant, the hybrid material exhibiting a conductivity that is greater than a conductivity of the nanostructure, prior to doping via the fullerene-based dopant material.