Vantablack: The Darkest Material Ever Made

That's dark.

That's initial image of the vantablack looks entirely like a special effect.



Vantablack is the lest light-reflective material (coating, really) ever. The video suggests its usefulness inside telescopes, which makes sense. I'm curious, however, where else it could be found useful.

Apparently vantablack is also superhydrophobic.

Molasses in January is no longer slow with LiquiGlide

That is a really slick demonstration.

Get it? Slick?

Admittedly, the molasses is dark and might have shown up better against a light-colored coat.

I tagged this post with superhydrophobic, but the article from iflscience (I wish they would change their name to something most school-appropriate) says very specifically...

While the coating appears to be similar to superhydrophobic surfaces that are already in use today, the technology is different. Superhydrophobic surfaces repel water by creating a layer of air between the water and the rough surface. The technique is used for a variety of products, but there are some drawbacks with durability.

However, where superhydrophobic technology uses air, LiquiGlide uses liquid. The founder calls it a “liquid-impregnated surface” because the liquid fills in the gaps between the textured item. The coating can also be adjusted depending on the material, making the range of possibilities immense. Just this week, the company teamed up with Elmer’s Product Inc. to use the technology for their glue bottles.

Wild, man, wild.

And LiquiGlide has a BUNCH of videos showing their coating in bottles with different liquids.