The “blackest” black is a material developed by MIT in 2019 that captures at least 99.995 percent of any incoming light. The structure of the super-black wood, named Nxylon, inherently ...

Another solution was then infused into the wood that filled the empty spaces with semiconductor nanoparticles called quantum dots that glow in response to UV light. The material was then ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have turned ordinary sheets of wood into transparent material that is nearly ... wood its brown colour and prevent light from passing through.

a major component of wood. Room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is when a material absorbs energy with a short wavelength (such as UV light) and then emits it as visible light. This contrasts ...

An engineered transparent wood that can trap heat and then release it when needed could be the next trendy building material. The new kind of wood not only transmits light, but is also able to ...

Thanks to an accidental discovery, researchers have created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light, opening potential ... energy plasma to make wood more water-repellent.

but it does not transmit light.” The composite wood isn’t quite as good an insulator as natural wood, but is around four times better than high-end double glazing. The material can also bear ...

The UBC-developed super-black wood inherently prevents light from escaping rather than depending on black pigments. Photo credit: UBC Forestry/Ally Penders Super-black materials are increasingly ...