What is Vantablack?

Vantablack is the brand name for a new class of super-black coatings. The coatings are unique in that they all have hemispherical reflectances below 1% and also retain that level of performance from all viewing angles.

The original coating known just as Vantablack® was a super-black coating that holds the independently verified world record as the darkest man-made substance. It was originally developed for satellite-borne blackbody calibration systems, but due to limitations in how it was manufactured its been surpassed by our spray applied Vantablack coatings.

Spray applied Vantablack coatings have unrivalled absorption from ultra-violet out beyond the terahertz spectral range. The totally unique properties of Vantablack coatings are being exploited for applications such as deep space imaging, automotive sensing, optical systems, art and aesthetics.

Vantablack Coating Range

Vantablack S-VIS (UV-THz performance - space qualified)

Vantablack S-IR (Optimised from 5-14um - space qualified for blackbody applications)

Vantablack VBx2 (Terrestrial applications from UV-THz)

Typical Coating Properties