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Reflectivity Reaches a New Low
sporkme writes "A new nanocoating material developed by a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has the lowest level of reflectivity ever seen ... or not seen in this case. The amount of light reflected by the composite of silica nanorods and aluminum nitride is almost the same amount reflected by air. From the article: 'Schubert and his coworkers have created a material with a refractive index of 1.05, which is extremely close to the refractive index of air and the lowest ever reported. Window glass, for comparison, has a refractive index of about 1.45. Using a technique called oblique angle deposition, the researchers deposited silica nanorods at an angle of precisely 45 degrees on top of a thin film of aluminum nitride, which is a semiconducting material used in advanced light-emitting diodes (LEDs). From the side, the films look much like the cross section of a piece of lawn turf with the blades slightly flattened.' Suggested applications include increased efficiency in solar cells, more energy-efficient lighting and advances in quantum mechanics."
oh crap where did it go?
Even more birds hitting windows!
...move along.
Would this constitute "Transparent Aluminum?
typed on "Keyboard, how quaint"
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
A substance the matches the deep cold black hearts of the Vista activation process designers.
If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
Reflectivity Reaches a New Low
Just when you started to think it couldn't get worse...
"absolut transparency" ?
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Me at a night club in the corner sipping my Jolt with my penguin shirt has even lower reflectivity. No one even knows I'm there. And that's with a _clean_ shirt even.
"My ex must have had a mirror made of this shit!"
look for bomber-sized gaps in background radiation
boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse
Reflectivity Reaches a New Low
Eh, until reflectivity wakes up in a dumpster with a dead hooker, not knowing how it got there or what happened the night before, I think it could get lower.
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
...or, it's caused by actual water on the road.
Just one question.
"Black body radiation. The development could also advance fundamental science. A material that reflects no light is known as an ideal 'black body.' No such material has been available to scientists, until now. Researchers could use an ideal black body to shed light on quantum mechanics, the much-touted theory from physics that explains the inherent 'weirdness' of the atomic realm."
HOW CAN YOU USE AN IDEAL BLACK BODY TO SHED LIGHT?