Infrared Camouflage Properties of Samarium Nickel Oxide

Infrared cameras detect people and other objects by the heat they emit. Now, researchers have discovered the uncanny ability of a material to hide a target by masking its tell-tale heat properties.
The effect works for a range of temperatures that could one day include humans and vehicles, presenting a future asset to stealth technologies, the researchers say.

What makes the material special is its quantum nature – properties that are unexplainable by classical physics. The study, published December 17, 2019 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is one step closer to unlocking the quantum material’s full potential.

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The work was a collaboration by scientists and engineers in the Purdue University Materials Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brookhaven National Laboratory.


Infrared photos from Alreza Shahsafi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Music: "Discovery Harbor" by Blue Dot Sessions via Creative Commons

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