you know what it is like with high potentials.你知道很大的潜力是什么样的吗？

 Initially, everyone is interested in them.最初，所有人对它们感兴趣。

 They seem to be very promising at first, cause high hopes and could even seem like the one solution everyone sought after. 开始它们好像非常有前景，人们对它有跟高的期望，似乎能够解决人们的所有问题。

Wasn’t it a bit like this with carbon nanotubes (CNT), too? With Inno.CNT even an alliance was built to explore the vast opportunities, which this new technology promised.

碳纳米管是不是和这个有点像呢？人们建立了一个碳纳米管联盟来探索这种新技术的巨大机会。

Well, the opportunities ARE probably vast, however the revenue stream was not. At least that is what Bayer MaterialScience felt, so the company exits the alliance project and turns back to its core competences. So the CNT technology lost a powerful supporter on its way.

然而，碳纳米管技术的机会可能很大，但是实际收益却非如此。至少，拜耳的材料科学家们是这样认为的，因此，拜耳公司推出了联盟计划，回到他们原来的核心项目。也就是说，碳纳米管技术失去了一个强有力的支持。

Which shows again that high potentials have to deliver in the end. And for CNT this means that groundbreaking applications for the mass market will be key for a successful future.

这些说明大的潜力最后必须实现实际效益。对于碳纳米管，这就意味着未来成功的关键是为巨大的市场提供开创性的应用产品。

那么可控自由基技术会不会和碳纳米管管技术一样呢？