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Engineers Create the Blackest Material Yet (phys.org)
schwit1 writes: Researchers have created the least reflective material ever made, using as inspiration the scales on the all-white cyphochilus beetle. The result was an extremely tiny nanoparticle rod resting on an equally tiny nanoparticle sphere (30 nm diameter) which was able to absorb approximately 98 to 99 percent of the light in the spectrum between 400 and 1,400nm, which meant it was able to absorb approximately 26 percent more light than any other known material — and it does so from all angles and polarizations.
so black that she absorbs approximately 98 to 99 percent of the light in the spectrum between 400 and 1,400nm!
Blackity Black Black?
I come here for the love
1. Possibly could be used as part of stealthy tech for drone and airplane design.
2. Immediately draws all LAPD officers within a 10-block radius.
Still not as black as my ex-wife's heart.
Yours had a heart? Show off.
Pretending this is my office full of bitter coworkers..
Scoffs at your somewhat blackish material, awaits actual wearable black hole.
Pretending this is my office full of bitter coworkers..
The American Chemical Society better explains this...
I'm not sure anything like that video- obviously aimed at ADHD 12-year-olds with its chop-and-changing animated-slideshow pointlessness and inanely intrusive library music- could be described as "better".
I think del_diablo explained it better without any of that crap. (If you want the only part of the video that's worth seeing, it's here, and that could be shown just as well as static images).
I work at the facility where this was produced and since TFA omits it, I managed to snap a picture of the material.
Just for you to get an idea of how mind-bogglingly black this is
Thank me later.
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!