Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recreating MIT's "blacker than vantablack" in a home shop (almost).

MIT press release: http://news.mit.edu/2019/blackest-black-material-cnt-0913
MIT nanotube-on-aluminum paper: https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b08290

NIST nanotube darkness comparison: aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5009190

Shaper handheld CNC router: shapertools.com

Almost-as-large quartz tube (I used 76mm OD) : ebay.com/itm/Fused-quartz-glass-tubing-OD-50mm-x-ID-46mm-x-L-1-240mm-48-Free-Shipping/113713893883

Insulating firebrick for tube furnace: ebay.com/itm/Insulating-FireBrick-Thermal-Ceramics-K-26-3-10-pk/131698699891

Black velvet on Amazon: amazon.com/gp/product/B07BGZ82XH

LR-1 spectrometer: aseq-instruments.com/LR1.html

Applied Science on Patreon: patreon.com/AppliedScience