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Intelligent Material® Platform

Advanced Authentication for High Security Applications

Built for products where compromise is costly. NovaVera embeds covert machine-readable authentication directly into physical materials, ensuring verification holds up when conventional security falls short.

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25+PatentsProprietary material formulations
15+Years of Commercial ActivityBuilt on decades of materials science R&D
Billionsof G7 Banknotes ProtectedTrusted by G7 central banks

Solutions

One material. Three ways to know what is real.

01

Authentication

Prove a product is genuine, by eye, by phone or by reader, wherever it turns up.

Authentication → 02

Traceability

Origin, plant, batch and item, carried in the material through processing, distribution and sale.

Traceability → 03

Material verification

Measure what is inside: colorants, additives and recycled content, from parts per million to parts per trillion.

Verification →

In production

Industrial results, not lab curiosities.

>$2Msaved a year on one ingredient by a global fiber maker12plants in that program, with 7 injection points read800cartons a minute, printed with an invisible codeBillionsof G7 banknotes carrying the crystal

From the lab and the line

Actual codes and readers.

Photographs and footage from actual programs: crystal ink printed on vials and bottles, read by eye under UV, by the handheld viewer, and by the Nova reader.

A vial with a printed data-matrix code glowing under UV
Printed on glassA data-matrix code in crystal ink, glowing under UV.
On the bottling lineEvery bottle coded at full line speed.
The handheld viewer showing a code
The viewerShows the code and its crystal constellation.

Works with what you have

Add a layer that can’t be separated from the product.

Keep your serial codes, labels and holograms. Intelligent Material adds a layer inside the ink, plastic, fiber or film itself, so the proof travels with the product rather than sitting on its surface.

Digital tells you what the database says. Intelligent Material helps prove the physical object is the one that record describes.

DigitalSerial code & record
PackagingLabels, seals & holograms
Inside the productIntelligent Material®

How it works

Tag it. Read it.

Sub-micron crystals go into the materials you already use. NovaVera readers read their optical signature, instantly and without damaging anything, in the field or in the lab.

Ink

Security, packaging and inkjet inks, printed on your existing presses.

Fiber

Spun into fibers and threads, from apparel to security paper.

Plastic

Compounded into masterbatch for molded parts, caps and closures.

Film

Coated or laminated into labels, films and windows.

Metal

Applied as coatings that travel with coils, castings and parts.

A vial glowing green under lightOvert

By eye

Something anyone can check, with no training: a shopper, a nurse, a store clerk.

The smartphone app confirming the crystal is presentCovert

By phone

An app excites the crystal, confirms it is there, then checks the unit’s code against its record.

A hand holding a reader over a metal sampleForensic

By reader

A handheld reader measures the full optical signature: which crystal, how much, and whether it matches the lot.

One product can carry all three levels, so each person in the chain uses the check that fits their job.

How the technology works, in depth The crystal science LightMap™: a fingerprint with no database

More than a material

An authentication program, run with you.

You don’t buy a powder and work out the rest. NovaVera takes a program from the first sample to long-term supply, with the scientists who grow the crystal on the same team.

Intelligent Material®Crystals grown to a recipe for your product.
Formulation & integrationInto your own ink, plastic, fiber, film or adhesive.
Readers & detectionPhone, handheld and lab, each matched to who checks.
Software & dataEach read checked against the unit’s record.
Pilot at your sitePilot batches made and read on your own line.
Scale-up & supplyA long-term supply agreement when you’re ready.

Industries

Where it already works, and where it fits next.

Banknotes & secure documentsIn the substrate, ink, fiber or thread, read at central-bank processing speeds. Pharmaceuticals & medical devicesCovert markers in packaging, labels and devices, checked on the line and in the field. Luxury goods & apparelAn invisible second identity in fibers, labels and finishes. Wine & spiritsBottles, closures and labels that prove what is inside is genuine. Metals & miningOrigin and grade that travel with the material, from mine to mill. Materials manufacturingPlastics, inks and coatings that carry their own batch and plant signature. Health & beautyIngredient verification and covert brand protection in packaging. Automotive & aerospace partsParts that carry their own proof, and a record that follows them through service. Memorabilia & collectiblesAutograph inks, jerseys and cards that prove they are real, with our partner Spark Labs. ↗

Who we are

Born from more than twenty years of nanocrystal science.

NovaVera is the exclusive licensee of Intelligent Material®, developed by Intelligent Material Solutions in Princeton. You work directly with the people who grow the crystal and build the readers.

  • Princeton, New Jersey
  • ISO 9001 certified
  • 21 U.S. patents
  • Exclusive Intelligent Material license

Meet the team

How to start

From first meeting to launch typically in about four months.

You work with NovaVera, the exclusive licensee of Intelligent Material, from the first meeting to the supply agreement. Every program follows the same five steps, and you decide after each one whether to go on.

  1. StartProblem assessmentDefine what you need to prove, where, and who will check it.
  2. Design workshopSpecs designChoose the crystal and the detection method that fit your material and process.
  3. 3–6 weeksFeasibility testingIntelligent Material goes into samples of your own ink, plastic, fiber or adhesive, and is shown to read reliably.
  4. 1–3 months · at your sitePilotThe crystal goes into your real manufacturing process, and pilot batches are read on your line.
  5. About 4 monthsLaunchA long-term supply agreement, or a short-term data-collection contract.
A fraction of a cent per item.

The crystal works at parts-per-million loadings, inside an ink, plastic, fiber or adhesive you already use. Safety and technical data sheets are available on request under NDA.

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Insights

Field notes from John Wolfe.

How to prove a product is real, why anti-counterfeiting has a counterfeiting problem, and what banknotes teach everyone else.

Field Notes · 00

How do you prove a physical product isn't a counterfeit?

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Field Notes · 01

Anti-counterfeiting technology has a counterfeiting problem.

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Field Notes · 02

Banknote security has three layers. You only see one.

7 min readRead →

Tell us what you’re protecting.

A person on our team reads every message and writes back within two business days.

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