NASA’s super-black coating could revolutionize space telescopes, stealth vehicles You know how washing detergents can make your whites whiter than white? Well, now NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has made a black that’s blacker than black. Dubbed super-black, the material is fashioned out of carbon nanotubes and absorbs more than 99% of ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light, making it the perfect lining for telescopes…
July 18, 2013 - ExtremeTech
Broadband photodetector for polarized light Using carpets of aligned carbon nanotubes, researchers have created a solid-state electronic device that is hardwired to detect polarized light across a broad swath of the visible and infrared spectrum.
July 16, 2013 - Science Daily