Patent 7985627 was granted and assigned to Intel on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Apparatus and system, as well as fabrication methods therefor, may include a thermal intermediate structure comprised of a plurality of carbon nanotubes some of which have organic moieties attached thereto to tether the nanotubes to at least one of a die and a heat sink. The organic moieties include thiol linkers and amide linkers.