The new material is made ​​of gold will not allow to see the light

Scientists have proposed using kukubiturily to create a new material that would not reflect the light. The results of his study authors published in the journal Nature Communications, and briefly with them can be found at the University of Cambridge.

Scientists have proposed the use of a new metamaterial as a basis for the unseen material. In the conventional material, when the light incident on its surface it is reflected and refracted by the standard method that allows the observer to see the pattern. The new metamaterial authors proposed to control the properties of light, resulting in a beam can be reflected from the surface on which the original hit.

To create a new material physics propose the use of the building blocks of dimensions of a few billionths of a meter. These blocks are linked by a laser beam in a line gold nanoparticles, which are then stacked in layers resembling brickwork - one on top of another.

To order the rows of gold nanoparticles, scientists attached to them kukubiturilov molecules that act as a miniature seals and adjust the distance between the lines. When irradiated laser lines on the surface of the formation of plasmons - quasiparticles in terms of which it is convenient to describe the joint oscillations of free electrons.

Controlling plasmon laser radiation and setting line spacing using kukubiturilov, scientists have been able to adjust the reflective properties of the metamaterial. The new approach proposed by researchers, permits relatively large quantities of such materials.