SMART MATERIAL SOLUTIONS INC

Raleigh, NC · Materials · Private

Plasmonic metamaterial films with tunable infrared absorption spectra manufactured via roll-to-roll processes

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · smartmaterialsolutions.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Raleigh, NC
Total capital: $6.1M

Federal grants: $6.1M; 9 awards · 2015–2026; Rank in peer group#27 of 84
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: 0; 3 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Novel Manufacturing Platform For Sub-wavelength Patterning Of Metamaterials$75K
Jan 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · F242-0017-0174 Smart Material Solutions, Inc. The Goal Of This Effort Is To Add Anti-reflective, Light-trapping Features To Solar Encapsulation Films$180K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Roll-to-roll fabrication of a large-area plasmonic metamaterial with a prescribed LWIR spectral signature$1.3M
Aug 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Roll-to-roll fabrication of nanopatterned coatings for thin-film solar panels$1.7M
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nanopatterned coatings for thin-film solar panels$250K
Apr 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Passive Nano-and Micro-Textured Dust-Mitigation Surfaces in Space-Grade Materials Made with a Highly-Scalable Fabrication Process$750K
Nov 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Highly Scalable Mastering and Roll-to-Roll Processing of Tuned Spectral Absorbers$639K

Show 2 earlier federal awards

Sep 2017Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Ultrasonic Nanocoining for Creating Large, Low-Cost Arrays of Sub-Wavelength Features$923K
Jul 2015Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Ultrasonic Nanocoining for Creating Large, Low-Cost Arrays of Sub-Wavelength Features$245K

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Standing among 84 peers

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Materials · Material

Federal grants#27 · top 32%
Linked publications#10 · top 12%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 0 granted of 3

Jun 8, 2023PendingConformal Micro- Or Nanopatterned Nanoimprint Lithography Master And Methods Of Making And Using The SameUSPTOApplication 17917474
PendingConformal Micro- Or Nanopatterned Nanoimprint Lithography Master And Methods Of Making And Using The SameUSPTOApplication PCTUS2021026186
PendingConformable Micro- Or Nanopatterned Nanoimprint Lithography Master And Methods Of Making And Using SameUSPTOApplication 63006370

Recent research by its founders

Investigating the contributions of electrostatic and capillary effects in anti-dust nanostructures20260 cites
Investigation of electrostatic effects between charged particles and nanostructured surfaces20250 cites
Large-area nanopatterning for plasmonics and optics via nanocoining and roll-to-roll lithography20250 cites

Smart Material Solutions, Inc.Shares a founder: Stephen J Furst
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Regulatory activity · Materials

Sector-level, not company-level

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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.