Surrey NanoSystems develops material so black you cannot see it.
Surrey NanoSystems, a spin-out of Surrey University’s Advanced Technology Institute, has developed a new material so black it absorbs all but 0.035% of visual light. The material, dubbed Vantablack, thereby sets a new world record.
The material is made out of coating that consists of carbon nanotubes. Each of these nanotubes is roughly 10,000 times smaller than a human hair. Vantablack is so dark that the human eye fails to comprehend it and the brain is unable to process the…
