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

科学家称每平方厘的碳黑体中就有10亿个。

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

通过改变的导电方式，每个链接都对应一种特定气体。

The carbon nanotubes are there to conduct electricity.

而碳则用于导电。

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

碳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.

而对于这样一款新应用程序，科学家们在碳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，我们就能测试啦。

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、核酸和等 涌现的同时，出现了一个问题。

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

同样，Vantablack这种最不反光的人造材料将末端碳丛中的光子困住。

This makes it possible to monitor damage.

碳的这种特性使其能用于检测设施哪些部分受损。

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，就像那些碳一样。

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，碳的导电性就会改变。

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，该材料也由碳制成，吸收光的效果要好于普通涂料。

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

当光从之间穿过，就会被捕捉，并转化成热量，换句话说，就是被吸收了。

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

甚至有团体试图使用碳制造通往太空的电梯。

What if silkworms were fed carbon nanotubes?

如果给蚕喂食碳会怎么样？

Nanotubes are as small as they sound.

和听起来一样小。

If you unfurl the nanotube, you would get another extremely promising and hyped material, Graphene.

如果你展开，你会得到另一种非常有前途和肆宣传的材料，石墨烯。

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

为了嵌入，工程师们使用了一种称为血灌注的工艺。

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

碳和强的地理传感设备在该结构的设计中起着至关重要的作用。

Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers or carbon nanotubes into paving materials.

格雷戈里说，你可以将少量合成纤维或碳混合到铺路材料中。