Vantablack has been used in various aesthetic applications including this luxury watch by Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT) in Switzerland.
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Vantablack has been used in various aesthetic applications including this luxury watch by Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT) in Switzerland.
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Fine jewelry company, Ore has applied Vantablack to their range of interactive rings. Made of 18-carat gold and olivine crystals, each ring is paired with a single star. As the star reaches its zenith position, LED lights glow through the crystals.
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Fine jewelry company, Ore has applied Vantablack to their range of interactive rings. Made of 18-carat gold and olivine crystals, each ring is paired with a single star. As the star reaches its zenith position, LED lights glow through the crystals.
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British nanotech company Surrey NanoSystems first created Vantablack in 2014.
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British nanotech company Surrey NanoSystems first created Vantablack in 2014.
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It is so dark the human eye can't discern its shape and form, creating what has been called a black hole.
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It is so dark the human eye can't discern its shape and form, creating what has been called a black hole.
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Vantablack can make a three-dimensional object look like a two-dimensional cardboard cut out. Here, it's used on a container of Lynx deodorant.
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Vantablack can make a three-dimensional object look like a two-dimensional cardboard cut out. Here, it's used on a container of Lynx deodorant.
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The material is made up of millions of carbon nanotubes, each measuring two or three nanometers -- or roughly one millionth of a millimeter.
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The material is made up of millions of carbon nanotubes, each measuring two or three nanometers -- or roughly one millionth of a millimeter.
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The nanotubes are "grown" at temperatures of 430 degrees Celsius or higher.
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The nanotubes are "grown" at temperatures of 430 degrees Celsius or higher.
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It creates some surprising visual effects. Creases and bumps on this aluminum foil are easily picked up by the human eye ...
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It creates some surprising visual effects. Creases and bumps on this aluminum foil are easily picked up by the human eye ...
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... but once covered with Vantablack, all wrinkles and roughness seem to disappear, because the material absorbs 99.96% of all light.
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... but once covered with Vantablack, all wrinkles and roughness seem to disappear, because the material absorbs 99.96% of all light.
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Vantablack's surreal effect on the eye is demonstrated on this bust. Coating the 3D bust with Vantablack makes it appear as a head-shaped black-hole when viewed from the front.
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Vantablack's surreal effect on the eye is demonstrated on this bust. Coating the 3D bust with Vantablack makes it appear as a head-shaped black-hole when viewed from the front.
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Though the presenter's forehead, nose and mustache re-appear when viewed in profile.<br />
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Though the presenter's forehead, nose and mustache re-appear when viewed in profile.
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Even water refuses to interact with the material due to the super-hydrophobic surface.<br />
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Even water refuses to interact with the material due to the super-hydrophobic surface.
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A new spray version of the coating can now be applied at a large scale to virtually any surface.
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A new spray version of the coating can now be applied at a large scale to virtually any surface.
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