US Army Scientists Explore Light-Absorbing Materials for Next-Gen Defense Tech

US Army researchers are exploring a new class of light-absorbing and light-emitting materials that could eventually support technologies ranging from sensitive chemical sensors to on-site fuel production.

The work brings together scientists from the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the US Military Academy.

Published in the American Chemical Society journal Inorganic Chemistry, the research focuses on iridium-based chromophores, molecules that can absorb and emit light in predictable ways.

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