Nanolab, Inc

Waltham, MA · Materials · Private

Metamaterial-based hyperspectral imaging sensors with negative refractive index for compact UAV deployment

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · nano-lab.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Waltham, MA
Total capital: $4.8M

Federal grants: $801K; 1 award · 2022; Rank in peer group#3 of 19
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $4M; 17 awards · Defense, NASA, Commerce; Rank in Materials#87 of 1258
Granted patents: 7; 8 pending · first 2016; Rank in peer group#4 of 19

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Meta-material lenses for hyperspectral Imaging$801K
Jun 2022Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.1M
May 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$240K
Dec 2019Federal contractNASA · Fabrication Of Plasmonic Light Filters$52K
Jul 2016Federal contractCommerce · Carbon Nano Tubes$6K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Has Need Of A Real-time Sensor Capable OF<25PPB Detection Of Ethylene For Off-world Greenhouse Monitoring. Nanolab Proposes The Use Of A Fundamentally New Style Of Sensor Based Off Of Anisotropic Impedance Analysis Of Vertically Aligned Nanotube Arrays (vanta). Specifically, We Propose The Use Of Chemical Anisotropic Nanochannel Impedance Spectroscopy (canis). This Style Of Sensor Provides Up To Eight Degrees Of Analytical Freedom, Resulting In Extreme Discrimination Between $124K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Nanolab SBIR 14.1 Ph 1$150K

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Jul 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Need: NASA Faces Challenges In Imaging And Characterizing Faint Astrophysical Objects Within The Glare Of Brighter Stellar Sources. Achieving A Very Low Background Requires Control Of Both Scattered And Diffracted Light. Significance Of The Innovation: Aligned Arrays Of Carbon Nanotubes Have Recently Been Recognized As Having World-leading Optical Absorption, Far Above Competing State Of The Art Materials. The Nanotube Array's Diffuse Reflectance (10-7) Was Demonstrated At Two Order$699K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$748K
Apr 2013Federal contractNASA · Carbon Veil Nanocomposite (multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Grown From A Base Carbon Fiber Veil)$7K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N121-016$150K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · NASA Faces Difficulties In Imaging And Characterizing Faint Astrophysical Objects Within The Glare Of Brighter Stellar Sources. Achieving A Very Low Background Requires Control Of Both Scattered And Diffracted Light. Aligned Arrays Of Carbon Nanotubes Have Recently Been Recognized As Having World-leading Optical Absorption, Far Above Competing State Of The Art Materials. The Gsfc Team Noted That Nanotube Arrays Have The "potential To Provide Order-of-magnitude Improvement Over Current Surface Tr$125K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · Chirality Controlled Nanotube Synthesis$300K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · Progress Report Topic N111-021$79K
Jul 2010Federal contractNASA · D1L110-P Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes PD15L520-5G Carbon Nanotubes$3K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · (STTR Ph I) Multifunctional Nanocomposite Structures Via Layer-by-layer Assembly Process$100K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
Dec 2007Federal contractDefense · Research$70K

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Standing among 19 peers

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Materials · Device

Federal grants#3 · top 16%
Granted patents#4 · top 21%
Linked publications#2 · top 11%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 7 granted of 15

Jan 23, 2018GrantedSensor For Wear Measurement Of A BearingUSPTOUS 9,874,494
Oct 24, 2017GrantedSensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making, And Method Of Operating SameUSPTOUS 9,797,850
Oct 17, 2017GrantedSensor For Wear Measurement, Method For Making Same, And Method For Operating SameUSPTOUS 9,791,348

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Sensor For Wear Measurement Of A BearingJan 23, 2018 · US 9,874,494Granted
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making, And Method Of Operating SameOct 24, 2017 · US 9,797,850Granted
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method For Making Same, And Method For Operating SameOct 17, 2017 · US 9,791,348Granted
Conductive Transparent Film And Method For Making SameJul 18, 2017 · US 9,708,712Granted
Nanostructured Sensor Architecture And Method For Enhanced Chemical DetectionMay 30, 2017 · US 9,664,634Granted
Synthesis Of Length-selected Carbon NanotubesNov 29, 2016 · US 9,505,621Granted
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making, And Method Of Operating SameJul 12, 2016 · US 9,389,195Granted
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making And Method Of Operating SameApplication 62042870Pending
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making, And Method Of Operating SameApplication 61898128Pending
Method To Assess And Enhance Value Characteristics Of Published Empirical LiteratureApplication 62091845Pending
Conductive Transparent Film And Method Of Making SameApplication 61819371Pending
Synthesis Of Length Selected Carbon NanotubesApplication 61803151Pending
Sensor For Wear Measurement, Method Of Making, And Method Of Operating SameApplication 61713735Pending
Nanostructured Sensor Architecture And Method For Enhanced Chemical DetectionApplication 62039511Pending
Nanospearing For Molecular Transportation Into CellsApplication PCTUS2005033975Pending

Recent research by its founders

Chemical Detection by Impedance Spectroscopy of Along-Channel Admittance in Capacitively Coupled Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays20200 cites
Carbon nanotube based optical black coatings for optical and infrared applications (Conference Presentation)20180 cites
Transparent Conductive Electrodes: Uniform Self‐Forming Metallic Network as a High‐Performance Transparent Conductive Electrode (Adv. Mater. 6/2014)20144 cites

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Regulatory activity · Materials

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24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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