Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror

• Main Authors: Saleh, Tanveer, Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani, Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan, Dahmardeh, Masoud, Foell, Charles Alden, Nojeh, Alireza, Takahata, Kenichi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics 2012
• Subjects: TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/1/ApplPhysLett_Final_published_paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/; http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v101/i6/p061913_s1?isAuthorized=no

Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mir...