• Researchers have developed thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness about 50 times higher than copper films, currently being used in electronics.
• The structural robustness of thin metal films has significant importance for the reliable operation of smart skin and flexible electronics, including biological and structural health monitoring sensors
• The new CNT textile, with simple flexible encapsulation in an elastomer matrix, can be used in smart textiles, smart skins and a variety of flexible electronics.
• Owing to their extremely high toughness, they represent an attractive material, which can replace thin metal films to enhance device reliability.

About Carbon nanotube:
Advantages

• Extremely small and lightweight, making them excellent replacements for metallic wires
• Resources required to produce them are plentiful, and many can be made with only a small amount of material
• Are resistant to temperature changes, meaning they function almost just as well in extreme cold as they do in extreme heat

Disadvantages

• Extremely small, so are difficult to work with
• Currently, the process is relatively expensive to produce the nanotubes
• Would be expensive to implement this new technology in and replace the older technology in all the places.