Researchers Develop Darkest Manmade Material; Carbon nanotube array absorbs light, could boost solar energy conversion.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 January 2008-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Researchers Develop Darkest Manmade Material; Carbon nanotube array absorbs light, could boost solar energy conversion(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Troy, N.Y. -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man.

The material, a thin coating comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light and one day could be used to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of solar energy conversion, infrared sensors, and other devices. The researchers who developed the material have applied for a Guinness World Record for their efforts....