Sentence examples for super black from inspiring English sources
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) absorb light strongly, making them an ideal candidate for realizing a super black coating.
Super black feathers have an extreme directional reflectance bias and appear darkest when viewed from the distal direction.
Here we show that feathers from five species of birds of paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae) structurally absorb incident light to produce extremely low-reflectance, super black plumages.
Top right, microstructure of super black feather from Paradise Riflebird still appears black even after being coated with gold, bottom right.
"Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers". Nature Communications 9 (1): 1. doi 10.1038/s41467-017-02088-w.
External surface structures can also influence appearance, such as by causing multiple scattering of light (structural absorption) to produce a velvety, super black appearance.
Sexual selection drove evolution toward super-black plumage.
Perhaps these super-black feathers with their unique microscopic structure could eventually inspire better solar panels, or new textiles; super-black butterfly wings already have.
And super-black patches always sit around or next to brilliant color patches.
A super-black, anti-reflective frame makes nearby colors appear brighter, almost glow.
