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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd10q.htm
EX-32 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO AND CFO - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpdex32.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpdex311.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpdex312.htm

Exhibit 23.1

LOGO

We consent to the inclusion in the Quarterly Report of Nanophase Technologies Corporation and subsidiaries on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009 of references to our Valuation Report relating to the estimation of fair value of certain auction rate securities held by the Company as of September 30, 2009 and to references to our firm’s name therein.

 

/s/   LOGO

Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois

October 28, 2009