Researchers recently made the surprising discovery that a special class of materials called "hyperuniform materials" can be both dense and transparent. This work demonstrates a new way to control light and could lead to novel materials for many light-based applications including solar photovoltaics. These so-called "hyperuniform materials" can be made of plastic or glass that contains light-scattering particles spaced in a disordered, but not completely random, pattern.
Researchers recently made the surprising discovery that a special class of materials called "hyperuniform materials" can be both dense and transparent. This work demonstrates a new way to control light and could lead to novel materials for many light-based applications including solar photovoltaics. These so-called "hyperuniform materials" can be made of plastic or glass that contains light-scattering particles spaced in a disordered, but not completely random, pattern.
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