Imagine a car so black it behaves like a sort of black hole on wheels. Instead of bouncing back sunlight toward your eyes, ...

Photonic systems are quickly gaining traction in many emerging applications, including optical communications, lidar sensing, and medical imaging. However, the widespread adoption of photonics in ...

Scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and the Universities of Jena and Ulm have shown that the properties of special iron compounds that absorb light can be ...

A new ultra-black automotive coating absorbs 99.9% of visible light, creating a deeper black finish that could be used on ...

A simulation study of MAPbI₃ perovskite solar cells shows that quasi-sinusoidal interface texturing outperforms pyramidal and ...

Researchers have made a discovery that changes what we know about light and materials. They found that engineered achiral (symmetric) materials, called achiral plasmonic metasurfaces, can absorb light ...

To create the darkest black, scientists invented an ultra-black carbon nanotube automotive coating that absorbs over 99% of ...

Organic aerosols in the atmosphere comprise a complex mixture of carbon-containing particles that can absorb solar radiation to varying degrees. Unlike black carbon, which absorbs broadly across ...

Atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) are considered as a significant contributor to the light absorption of OA, but its relationship with abundance, composition and sources are not understood well. In ...

New research reveals the core structure of the light-harvesting antenna of cyanobacteria or blue-green algae -- including key features that both collect energy and block excess light absorption.

Metasurfaces make quantum dot films cooler where they emit more efficiently, turning light-controlled temperature gradients into self-powered electrical signals.

Researchers have developed a new ultra-black car coating that absorbs 99.9% of visible light, making vehicles appear almost ...