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China claims it has created a 'super material' that's INVISIBLE and 'could make FIGHTER JETS impossible to see'
PUBLISHED: 13:26 EDT, 12 March 2018 | UPDATED: 14:19 EDT, 12 March 2018
China has built an assembly line to mass produce cutting-edge 'super materials' that can perform the previously impossible, according to the Chinese state broadcaster.
So far, the assembly line located in a lab in Shenzhen has manufactured different types of materials, including one that renders objects invisible, reported China Central Television Station in a documentary released last week.
Although the station didn't explain what the invisibility cloak 'metamaterial' would be used for, according to Chinese news portal Sina, it is likely to be used on the country's warplanes, particularly the J-20.
What the Chinese refer to as 'super materials' are generally known as metamaterials, which are a new class of finely-engineered surfaces that could have properties unachievable with conventional materials.
Some metamaterials can bend infrared radiation such as visible light, which means they could be used to create invisibility cloaks.
And according to the Chinese Central Television Station, the Chinese scientists have managed to make such invisibility materials in bulk.
FULL CONTENT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...roducing-invisible-material-fighter-jets.html
- A lab in Shenzhen has reportedly built an assembly line for metamaterials
- They are surfaces engineered on the nanoscale to perform specific tasks
- China claims the lab has successfully produced invisiblity material in bulk
- One news site indicated Beijing could use the material to build warplanes
PUBLISHED: 13:26 EDT, 12 March 2018 | UPDATED: 14:19 EDT, 12 March 2018
China has built an assembly line to mass produce cutting-edge 'super materials' that can perform the previously impossible, according to the Chinese state broadcaster.
So far, the assembly line located in a lab in Shenzhen has manufactured different types of materials, including one that renders objects invisible, reported China Central Television Station in a documentary released last week.
Although the station didn't explain what the invisibility cloak 'metamaterial' would be used for, according to Chinese news portal Sina, it is likely to be used on the country's warplanes, particularly the J-20.
What the Chinese refer to as 'super materials' are generally known as metamaterials, which are a new class of finely-engineered surfaces that could have properties unachievable with conventional materials.
Some metamaterials can bend infrared radiation such as visible light, which means they could be used to create invisibility cloaks.
And according to the Chinese Central Television Station, the Chinese scientists have managed to make such invisibility materials in bulk.
FULL CONTENT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...roducing-invisible-material-fighter-jets.html