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S-1/A - FORM S-1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785ds1a.htm
EX-4.2 - EX-4.2 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex42.htm
EX-5.1 - EX-5.1 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex51.htm
EX-8.1 - EX-8.1 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex81.htm
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex991.htm
EX-99.5 - EX-99.5 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex995.htm
EX-99.6 - EX-99.6 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex996.htm
EX-99.3 - EX-99.3 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex993.htm
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EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corpd354785dex992.htm

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement (No. 333-181486) on Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 of Nanophase Technologies Corporation of our report dated March 29, 2012 relating to our audit of the financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Nanophase Technologies Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2011.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

/s/ McGladrey LLP

Schaumburg, Illinois

June 8, 2012