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Vantablack

Vantablack is a class of super-black coatings with total hemispherical reflectances (THR) below 1% in the visible spectrum. The name is a compound of the acronym VANTA (vertically aligned nanotube arrays) and black.

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Vantablack

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Vantablack

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has application · 13
Vantablack → As, Consequently, Earth, In, Its, Surfaces, Surrey, The, These, University, Vantablack S-IR, Vantablack S-VIS, Vantablack VBx
related to Monopoly by Anish Kapoor · 13
Vantablack → Anish Kapoor, Boston, Chase, During, In, Jason Chase, Many, Massachusetts-based, Nanolab, Singularity Black, Singularity Black's, Surrey Nanosystems, Waltham
related to history · 12
Vantablack → As, Ben Jensen, CTO, Early, July, National Physical Laboratory, Surrey NanoSystems, Surrey NanoSystems Limited, Trademark Office, UK, United States Patent, Vanta
related to External links · 8
Vantablack → Even, ExtremeTech, It's, July, Sebastian, Surrey NanoSystems, World's, YouTubeAnthony
related to In art · 8
Vantablack → An, Anish Kapoor's, Due, UK, Vantablack S-VIS, Vantablack VBx, Vantablack VBx2, Winter Olympics
related to Properties · 7
Vantablack → CVD, CVD Vantablack, Darker, Massachusetts Institute, NASA, Technology, When
related to Visual characteristics · 2
Vantablack → As Vantablack, When
is a · 1
Vantablack → class of super-black coatings with total hemispherical reflectances

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Vantablackis aclass of super-black coatings with total hemispherical reflectances0.90text
vacuuminstance ofwhich enables them to perform well in diverse temperature ranges and environments0.80text
air applicationsinstance ofwhich enables them to perform well in diverse temperature ranges and environments0.80text
Vantablackhas applicationAs0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationEarth0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationSurfaces0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationThese0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationConsequently0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationIn0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationVantablack S-VIS0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationVantablack S-IR0.60section
Vantablackhas applicationVantablack VBx0.60section

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