NANOPTICS, INC.
Scintillating plastic optical fibers with enhanced brightness using triplet harvesting and low-index cladding for radiation detection
- Sector
- Materials
- Total capital
- $250K
- Federal grants
- $150K
- 1 award · 2018
- Rank in peer group#115 of 123
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $100K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Materials#256 of 1258
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development Of High Light Output Plastic Scintillating And Wavlength-shifting Fibers$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Inexpensive, Disposable Radiation Detectors - SBIR Phase I$100K
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Standing among 123 peers
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingOptically Amplifying Near-field Optical SignalsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2002025948
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating 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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