Close window Published online: 1 March 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070226-11 None more blackEngineers make the most anti-reflective coating yet.Dave Mosher Layers of tilted silicon nanorods make a soft landing for light.Fred Schubert/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Shiny metal objects have been reduced to a dull, record-breaking black by a super anti-reflective coating. As Nigel Tufnel from This is Spinal Tap says in the film: "It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black." Today's anti-reflective coatings reduce the reflectivity of an object to less than 1%, which is pretty good. But they often miss...