The carbon nanotubes are there to conduct electricity.

而碳纳米管则用于导电。

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。

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

而对于这一款新应用程序，科学家们在碳纳米管制成的电线回路加上了链接。

Each carbon nanotube, or CNT, is 10, 000 times thinner than a human hair — so small that photons, the tiny particles that make up light, can't get inside the tubes.

每个碳纳米管，即 CNT，都比人类头发的万分之一还要细，它们实在太小，以至于构成光的粒子，也就是光子都无法进入其中。

In 2014, scientists realized that tiny forests of carbon nano tubes can be used to make ultra black materials Unlike pigments, which absorb light, these nanotubes trap light in sort of molecular cages.

2014 年，科学家们意识到碳纳米管的微小束可以用来制造超黑色材料。与收光的颜料不，这些纳米管将光捕获在分子笼中。

Now, I notice you're using titanium. Did you give any consideration to carbon nanotubes? They're lighter, cheaper, and have twice the tensile strength.

我注意到你用的是钛金属，你有没有考虑过用碳纳米管，它们更轻更便宜，拉伸强度则是钛的两倍。

As for how to stiffen roads? Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers or carbon nanotubes into paving materials.

至于如何硬化道路？格雷戈里表示，可以将少量的合成纤维或碳纳米管混入铺路材料中。

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

，Vantablack这种最不反光的人造材料将末端碳纳米管丛中的光子困住。

The filter element he and his team have designed is a mesh of tiny carbon cylinders, known as nanotubes, and silver wires laid on top of a thin strip of cotton cloth.

崔教授及其团队所设计的滤水器元件采用微小的碳圆柱形网状物，也就是碳纳米管。薄薄的棉布覆盖着碳纳米管一端，并用银丝固定。

The “Vanta” in Vantablack is an acronym for “vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays, ” which makes sense, since the material is made up of hollow carbon nanotubes.

纳米碳管黑体中的 Vanta 是垂直排列碳纳米管阵列的首字母缩写，讲道理，这种材料就是由空心碳纳米管制成的。

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed an electronic ink made of liquid metal and very small tubes of carbon, or carbon nanotubes.

韩国高级科学技术研究所(KAIST)的研究人员已经开发出一种由液态金属和非常小的碳管或碳纳米管制成的电子墨水。

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。

The blackest carbon nanotube coating, developed by MIT engineers, traps 99.995% of light meaning that only 5 in 100,000 photons escape that forest of light-trapping nanotubes.

由麻省理工学院工程师开发的最黑的碳纳米管涂层捕获了 99.995% 的光，这意味着每 100，000 个光子中只有 5 个逃过了光捕获纳米管束。

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种叫做超级黑的材料，该材料也由碳纳米管制成，收光的效果要好于普通涂料。

When it was in the direction in which tubes were pointing, the increase was only 4.3%.

当作用与碳纳米管所指方向一致时，材料硬度仅提高4.3%。

To do that Dr Cui connected them to a battery and ran water containing E. coli, a common bacterial contaminant of water, through them.

崔教授将这些碳纳米管与电池相连接，并使含有导致水污染的一种常见细菌--大肠杆菌的水流经其中。

Mr Carey made his discovery when he was testing the properties of a material made of carbon nanotubes (cylinders of carbon atoms a few billionths of a metre across) and a rubbery polymer called polydimethylsiloxane.

凯利在测试一种材料的属性时有所发现，该材料的成分包含碳纳米管（直径为几纳米的碳原子圆柱体）和一种名为聚二甲基硅氧烷的橡胶聚合物。

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，他们能够从不的方向对材料施加作用。

This makes it possible to monitor damage.

碳纳米管的这种特性使其能用于检测设施哪些部分受损。

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。