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ianai
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New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is...
What are the hopeful uses for making ever more absorbing black materials?
the8472
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reducing stray photons in instruments, you only want those that go through your lens array, not those bouncing off the housing.
samstave
on Sept 15, 2019
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It would be interesting to test performance of a single fibre optic thread pulled through and coated with this to see the performance output.
WizardAustralis
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While not the most technology advanced use, I think this stuff could make for a great solar powered water heater.
tedunangst
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Are the incremental improvements over regular black paint meaningful?
agumonkey
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Very important these days. Depending on full cost of this material.
donw
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I'll lay down a guess that having a better understanding of EM spectrum absorption -- in any wavelength -- likely has all kinds of applications. Better stealth technology, improved shielding for EM emitters, and possibly improved reflectors as well.
tejtm
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the inside of telescopes (and other optics)
baybal2
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If it emits in near IR it will make a perfect conversion medium for silicon solar cells.
intuitionist
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trolling Anish Kapoor?
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