Company

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Smart Material Solutions, LLC (SMS) is a startup company with expertise in precision manufacturing, nanofabrication, metamaterials, and clean energy. SMS is backed by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Army, and NASA to develop Nanocoining – a rapid nanopatterning process to create seamless cylindrical molds for roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography (NIL). SMS has the exclusive license to the patented process from NC State University.

Facilities & Equipment

Smart Material Solutions is located in an 1,800-square-foot facility in Raleigh, North Carolina with both office and lab space. The lab houses equipment including:

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  • Cleanroom: controls dust and temperature for indenting and nanoimprint lithography.

  • Custom indenting equipment: nanocoining pilot line (a custom diamond-turning CNC lathe and indenting platform), ultrasonic resonant actuators, diamond dies, and photonic vibration sensors.

  • Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) tools: custom NIL tool, spin coater, desiccator, and hot plates.

  • Machining and fabrication tools: milling machine, bandsaw, and standard tools.

  • Metrology equipment: optical microscopes, capacitance gage, and a primitive UV-Vis setup.

SMS also has an agreement with the Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) and the NCSU Nanofabrication Facility (NNF) for the use of nanofabrication and nanocharacterization equipment including microscopes (FIB/SEM, AFM, confocal microscope), a nanoimprinter, reactive ion etchers (RIE), and photolithography equipment.

Location

Smart Material Solutions is located in North Carolina’s rapidly growing “Research Triangle.” Our headquarters is less than 15 minutes from downtown Raleigh, RDU airport, NC State University, and Research Triangle Park, and 20 minutes from Duke, UNC, and downtown Durham. SMS is able to leverage talented individuals and state of the art facilities to continue its development.