Researcher Examines the Physics of Carbon Nanotubes
Monday, May 26, 2008 - 23:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Carbon nanotubes, described as the reigning celebrity of the advanced materials world, are all the rage. Recently researchers at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute used them to make the "blackest black" -- the darkest known material, reflecting only 0.045 percent of all light shined on it.
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