Heat storage material for electronics, transportation, building comfort, energy and power, and consumer products industries, namely, thermal electric coolers or heaters, energy storage plants, absorption chillers used for waste heat recovery from electronics or combustion devices; Mechanically compliant and durable pads or films that are thermally conductive, namely, vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays in a polymer matrix supported by metal foil used as thermal or electrical interface materials for semiconductor chip testing, adhered between and sold as a component of a heat sink and heat source for use in a heat transfer apparatus; Heat transport material for cooling apparatus of satellites, spacecraft and other space systems in aerospace industries, namely, heat exchangers being part of the spacecraft or space vehicle cooling system, as a means of improving heat transfer between heat sources in the nature of electronics, heaters, batteries, solar panels, fuel cells, or devices under radiation and heat sinks, such as radiator panels or heat pipes