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Comments on Blacker-Than-Black Corrugated Metamaterials
This idea also fascinates sf authors; can you think of sfnal materials that are darker than black? (Read
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| "See also these related stories: New Black From NASA Uses Nanotubes
 ( Multi-walled carbon nanotubes are tiny hollow tubes made of pure carbon ) Carbon Nanotube Blackness Blacker Than Black
 (NIST reflectance standard owned, as my son would say) Femtosecond Laser Pulse Turns Metals Pitch Black
 (Metal turned black with femtosecond laser pulse)
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| "I thought I was studying a full screen picture of this new meta-material... but it turns out my monitor was just off." (AJ Dual 10/1/2011 10:40:15 AM) |
| "It's blacker than interstellar space! Darker than the inside of your pocket! Engineers will no longer be satisfied with these old-school analogies." (Bill Christensen 10/5/2011 7:20:31 PM) |
| "Engineers can always turn to Nigel from Spinal Tap for "none more black" in a pinch!" ( 10/7/2011 8:19:14 PM) |
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