Extreme darkness: Carbon nanotube forest covers NIST's ultra-dark detector
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 03:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser power detector coated with the world's darkest material - a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflects almost no light across the visible and part of the infrared spectrum...