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

科学家称每平方厘米的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.

碳纳米管有助于导电并将纹身留在皮肤上。

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

但到目前为止，我们能做出的纳米管线非常小。

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成的电线回路加上了链接。

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，以提高它们的导电性。

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

然而，就在夸克、半导体、核酸和纳米管等 涌现的同时，出现了一个问题。

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

羽毛中的模糊结构就像光的笼子，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这种最不反光的人造材料将末端碳纳米管丛中的光子困住。