Vantablack - The Darkest Material on Earth
Description: Vantablack is an synthetic material created by Surrey Nanosystems. It consists of a series of carbon nanotubes that are aligned vertically. It absorbs nearly 100% of the light that enters the tube giving. Since nearly all of the light is absorbed by the material it appears black. In the video below a bronze statue is covered in Vantablack and it disappears from view. This phenomenon can be used to illustrate the idea of illumination. Even though a light source is present none of the light reflects back to the viewer and so all that remains is darkness.
Web Resources: Vantablack | Surrey NanoSystems , Vantablack - Wikipedia
Please note that this is a development product and not yet released. It is not Vantablack or Vantablack S-VIS (as the mask was previously coated with), but a new non-nanotube coating we have in development. Its total hemispherical reflectance is c.0.3% at 600nm wavelength.
