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

科学家称每平厘米纳米碳管黑体中就有10亿个纳米管。

The carbon nanotubes are there to conduct electricity.

而碳纳米管则用于。

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

通过改变纳米管式，每个链接都对应一种特定气体。

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

碳纳米管有助于并将纹身留在皮肤上。

But so far, we've only been able to manufacture very small nanotube chains.

但到前为止，我们能做出纳米管线非常小。

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

而对于这样一款新应用程序，科学家们在碳纳米管制线回路加上了链接。

First, they coated these with carbon nanotubes, to improve their conductivity.

首先，他们在这些木条子外面包上了碳纳米，以提高它们性。

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

然而，就在夸克、半体、核酸和纳米管等 涌现同时，出现了一个问题。

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

羽毛中模糊结构就像光笼子，就像那些碳纳米管一样。

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

同样，Vantablack这种最不反光人造材料将末端碳纳米管丛中光子困住。

However, more than 99 percent of Vantablack isn't made up of nanotubes — it's actually free space.

但事实上，99%纳米碳管黑体并不是由纳米碳管构——其实就是自由空间。

One idea is to use carbon nanotubes.

一种想法是使用碳纳米管。

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

为了嵌入纳米管，工程师们使用了一种称为血管灌注工艺。

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梯。

Experts came up with the idea of using carbon nanotubes.

专家们提出了使用碳纳米管想法。

Carbon nanotubes are stronger than other materials.

碳纳米管比其他材料更坚固。

Carbon nanotubes have found their way into some industries.

- 碳纳米管已经找到了进入某些行业式。

Because of the regular alignment of the nanotubes, they were able to stress the material from various directions.

由于碳纳米管呈规律状排列，他们能够从不同向对材料施加作用力。

Physicists have come up with a solution, carbon nanotubes, a supermaterial stronger than other materials.

物理学家提出了一种解决案：碳纳米管，一种比其他材料更坚固超级材料。

Nanotubes are also showing up in transistors and lithium ion batteries.

纳米管也出现在晶体管和锂离子池中。