Carbon nanotubes
are a lot like
graphene: both are
super-hyped
materials that
haven’t
changed the world
the way we hoped
they would. At
least,
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Carbon nanotubes are a lot like graphene: both are super-hyped materials that haven’t changed the world the way we hoped they would. At least, not yet. But while producing nanotubes, one research team accidentally found something else: one of the blackest materials on the planet. We explore how nanotubes help comprise Vantablack, and how ultrablack materials are actually used around the world.