Reuters reports “New material pushes the boundary of blackness“:
A material made from carbon nanotubes standing end-on-end seems to be 30 times blacker than what’s the current NIST standard of black right now.
“The substance has a total reflective index of 0.045 percent — which is more than three times darker than the nickel-phosphorous alloy that now holds the record as the world’s darkest material.
Basic black paint, by comparison, has a reflective index of 5 percent to 10 percent.”
Besides wondering what carbon nanotubes can’t do, i wonder how to get those guys to make me a ninja suit out of it. Soon i’ll be invincible
