Inside are tiny "springs" made of carbon nanotubes - minuscule hair-like filaments - that can "sense" pressure from a slight pinch up to the equivalent of two elephants stepping on top of the sensor.

传感器内部是由碳纳米管制成的微型“弹簧”——非常细小，像头发丝一样——能够感知不同的压力，小到轻轻地捏一下，大到相当于两头大象站在顶上。

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Carbon nanotubes - tiny, hollow cylinders whose walls are lattices of carbon atoms - are about 10, 000 times thinner than a human hair.

碳纳米管-由碳原子晶格组成的细小的，空心圆筒-比人类的头发约薄10000倍。

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It's created by spraying carbon nanotubes - tiny tubes of carbon atoms where the walls are a single layer of carbon - onto silicone.

它是用碳纳米管——微小的单壁碳纳米管——喷洒在硅酮上制造而成的。

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Yarns made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, scientists have found.

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These are wrapped in carbon nanotubes - tiny "straws" of pure carbon that are renowned for their electrical properties - and coated with a platinum black powder.

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Pulickel Ajayan and his colleagues chemically optimised the recipe for each of their five layers, using blends of chemicals common in lithium-ion batteries as well as novel materials including carbon nanotubes - tiny "straws" of carbon with incredible electronic properties.

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