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

MIT press release: http://news.mit.edu/2019/blackest-bla...
MIT nanotube-on-aluminum paper: https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10...

NIST nanotube darkness comparison: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10....

Shaper handheld CNC router: https://www.shapertools.com/

Almost-as-large quartz tube (I used 76mm OD) : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fused-quartz...

Insulating firebrick for tube furnace: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Insulating-F...

Black velvet on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

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

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