The carbon nanotubes are there to conduct electricity.

而碳纳米管则用于导电。

Each link responds to one particular gas, by changing how the nanotubes conducts electricity.

通过改变纳米管的导电方式，每个链接都对应一特定气体。

The carbon nanotubes help conduct electricity and keep the tattoo on the skin.

碳纳米管有助于导电并将纹身留在皮肤上。

Scientists say there are about one billion carbon nanotubes in a square centimeter of Vantablack.

学家称每平方厘米的纳米碳管黑体中就有10亿个纳米管。

This makes it possible to monitor damage.

碳纳米管的特性使其能用于检测设施哪些部分受损。

For the new application, the scientists added links to the circuit made of carbon nanotubes.

而对于一款新应用程序，学家们在碳纳米管制成的电线回路加上了链接。

Okay, we're almost ready to go. Once we bond the wires, we can test the tubes.

好啦，我们差不多可以开始了，一旦我们连上线，我们就能测试纳米管啦。

Similarly, Vantablack, the least reflective artificial material, traps photons in a forest of carbon nanotubes standing on their ends.

同，Vantablack最不反光的人造材料将末端碳纳米管丛中的光子困住。

The fuzzy structures in the feathers work like a cage for light, just like those carbon nanotubes.

羽毛中的模糊结构就像光的笼子，就像那些碳纳米管一。

Yet, nestling amid the quarks and transistors and the nucleic acids and nanotubes, there is a question.

然而，就在夸克、半导体、核酸和纳米管等 涌现的同时，出现了一个问题。

Nanotubes are as small as they sound.

纳米管和听起来一小。

The smart bit is that the tubes' conductivity is affected by cracks in, or corrosion of, the painted surface.

之所以说它智能，是因为若涂层表面出现裂缝或被腐蚀，碳纳米管的导电性就会改变。

What if silkworms were fed carbon nanotubes?

如果给蚕喂食碳纳米管会怎么？

There were even groups trying to make an elevator to space using carbon nanotubes.

甚至有团体试图使用碳纳米管制造通往太空的电梯。

To embed the nanotubes, the engineers used a process called vascular infusion.

为了嵌入纳米管，工程师们使用了一称为血管灌注的工艺。

So light goes between the tubes, where it gets trapped and turned into heat — in other words, it's absorbed.

当光从纳米管之间穿过，就会被捕捉，并转化成热量，换句话说，就是被吸收了。

Carbon nanotubes have found their way into some industries.

- 碳纳米管已经找到了进入某些行业的方式。

Carbon nanotubes, along with powerful geo-sensing devices, have been paramount in the structure's design.

碳纳米管和强大的地理传感设备在该结构的设计中起着至关重要的作用。

Carbon nanotubes can also self-adjust in the event of undersea earthquakes.

当发生海底地震时，碳纳米管还可以自我调节。

In 2011, NASA created a material called super-black, also made of CNTs, to absorb light better than regular paint.

2011 年，美国宇航局制造了一叫做超级黑的材料，该材料也由碳纳米管制成，吸收光的效果要好于普通涂料。