Carbon nanotube forest camouflages 3-D objects

Carbon Nanotube Forest Camouflages 3-D Objects

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2011) — Carbon nanotubes, tiny cylinders composed of one-atom-thick carbon lattices, have gained fame as one of the strongest materials known to science. Now a group of researchers from the University of Michigan is taking advantage of another one of carbon nanotubes' unique properties, the low refractive index of low-density aligned nanotubes, to demonstrate a new application: making 3-D objects appear as nothing more than a flat, black sheet.