A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) thin plate was prepared using a smectic liquid crystal (Sm LC) template. The induced self-organizing SWCNT plate is attributed to pi-pi stacking between the hexagonal rings of the SWCNT wall and aromatic moieties in Sm LC. The SWCNT plate was characterized by Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and polarized optical microscopy. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.