NanoArchitech is an innovative company dedicated to transforming the construction industry with resilient, sustainable, and climate-adaptable building and infrastructure solutions. The company’s team has a twenty-year history in nanoceramic technology with both patented and new solutions for a circular economy. NanoArchitech had developed high-impact advanced nanomaterials, such as Ceramtek™ products, to solve critical climate extremes, disaster resistance, and environmental sustainability in a single-source solution. Originally, the Ceramtek™ vision was inspired by inventor and US scientific consultant John Orava at FEMA and HUD's request following 9-11 in 2000. The product has expanded to its multi-faceted benefits. Ceramtek™ technology stands out for its ability to be engineered as conductive or non-conductive, enabling it to function as an electrical pathway. This allows solar cells to be seamlessly integrated into building surfaces without the need for separate panels. It transforms coatings into energy-generating skins, combining architecture with renewable energy in one innovative solution.

Ceramtek™ products have been in development for over 18 years, which includes three innovative products: Neuskyns™, which neutralizes carbon on building surfaces to create resilient, carbon-sequestering finishes. Secondly, Magic Mud™, a concrete-like mix incorporating waste products and aggregates for sustainable infrastructure repair. Thirdly, its main product—Fireskyns™ building finish material and panels—is designed to rebuild Los Angeles and prepare California and other fire-prone regions for ongoing wildfires. This product is a high-performance building envelope material designed for spray-on, troweling, or precast application, providing fire resistance, weatherproofing, durability, and multipurpose protection for exterior building and structural surfaces.

Additionally, their California company ensures homes are disaster-proof and insurable, addressing fire and other disaster risks in the state and around the world. Applications are adaptive to new and existing buildings with Ceramtek™ shielding finishes and panel systems. The platform technology is engineered for specific uses; it prevents damage from hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and toxins. While focused on construction, NanoArchitech also applies Ceramtek™ to marine environments like coral reef restoration, oyster domes in toxic bays, and pier reinforcement, supporting ocean health.

NanoArchitech’s expertise and intellectual property are shaping a resilient future required for construction and infrastructure while pioneering as a leader in carbon reduction of around 86%–100%. The company plans on supplying materials globally to create a sustainable environment.

Interview Highlights

NanoArchitech positions itself at the intersection of climate technology and humanitarian innovation. How would you describe the company’s role in shaping the future of sustainable infrastructure and disaster-resilient communities worldwide?

Our leadership role in the world is based on global patents, two prominent inventors, and a 20-year history of collaborating with Argonne National Labs and the US government, addressing crisis remediation, prevention, and preparedness. Our team of scientists, architects, engineers and educators is developing interdisciplinary solutions to increase resilience to the mounting issues with a range of cost-effective solutions. With years of proven technology in infrastructure and disaster- preventative housing, we are leading the movement to support resilient communities with the preparedness now required.

Ceramtek™ is by far more resistant and proven than any other legacy materials, which result in constant rebuilding. This is not sustainable or affordable, especially with FEMA funding at risk. Building back better buildings is the answer.

Ceramtek™ offers extreme durability and a net-zero carbon footprint. How do you envision these innovations transforming the construction industry — especially in climate-vulnerable regions — and what broader impacts do you anticipate on public health and global sustainability?

The construction industry must address the challenges of extreme climate conditions with nanomaterials that offer superior durability and address several problems all in one. Ceramtek’s™ patented products provide a multifaceted benefits offering greater efficiency and resilience than failing legacy materials. Ceramtek™ materials, which can be 3D printed. The fast cure pre-casting reduces cure times to minutes instead of days or hours and increases production by up to 10 times daily.

By integrating Ceramtek™ into mainstream construction, the integrity and lifespan of infrastructure and building construction is significantly upgraded. As legacy materials fail under increasing forces and frequency, the cost of rebuilding has become prohibitive. Therefore, sustainable, resilient materials are now essential. Amid disasters in health crises, environmentally-friendly materials help protect public health by addressing pollutants in the atmosphere, providing stronger barriers for survival.

Could you describe the specific applications of NanoArchitech's products in marine environments, such as coral reef restoration and pier reinforcement?

There are critical problems in the ocean that require immediate attention. NanoArchitech addresses these challenges with cost-effective solutions like corrective collars that can renovate rotting piers and deteriorating gas lines using nanocomposites. Ceramtek™ is made from natural minerals, and is also anti-corrosive and can protect ships and metal surfaces in a range of applications.

The company has addressed efforts to restore marine ecosystems and constructed oyster domes in the San Francisco Bay to help native oysters regenerate, which is vital to cleaning the bay waters by attracting plankton above the toxic bay floor. Native oyster shells were embedded into domes to attract plankton as advised by the biologist. The material can be mixed with salt water and shows promise in rebuilding healthy coral reefs and replenishing oyster populations.

What sets NanoArchitech's nanoceramic materials apart from traditional building materials in terms of environmental impact and sustainability?

The environmental impact is high, in reversing the massive carbon footprint of traditional cement that creates a ton of CO₂ for every ton of cement manufactured. We eliminate this high carbon footprint by 86.25% simply by using a patented green chemistry process, which replaces the waste of high- heat cement processing. One of the key things that sets us apart is the option to make the material conductive or non-conductive giving options to solarize the building surface itself and integrate solar directly without the use of panels.

On the operational side, how does NanoArchitech ensure ethical sourcing, sustainable production, and circular design across its supply chain?

The company gathers extensive research data to ensure ethical sourcing of components used in the formulas. The research labs conduct experiments and tests to verify the viability of recycled materials, before introducing them into products for use. Sourcing materials near the region of use is another process in following high standards of sustainability.

How would you describe your leadership philosophy, especially when building a company that blends science, sustainability, and humanitarian values?

We built the company with mutual respect and appreciation for the entire team as one family. We follow the United Nations Sustainable Goals. We delight in the interdisciplinary appreciation we have for one another and the diversity that we find gives valuable insights, creativity and a constant flow of fresh ideas from various perspectives. Our humanitarian value—acceptance, diversity and inclusion is to provide materials to all people in our global humanity and to prioritize helping those in need.

As the global focus on sustainability intensifies, what do you believe is the biggest challenge the climate tech industry will face in the next five years, and how is NanoArchitech preparing to tackle this challenge?

The urgency for resistance to rising extremes is critical. We need to get the technology supplies to the places that need it the most. Facing political “climate change denial” and tariff confusion is problematic globally at this time. We are addressing this through our state representatives. We are also focusing on our established network across Europe, Australia and Pacific island cultures that are in urgent need, to both prepare and recover. We are ramping up projects through the Earth Rescue Initiative of our non-profit Biophysics Research Foundation to receive philanthropic support for projects, such as rebuilding in Los Angeles. We are expanding social media, educational podcasts, newsletters and other methods, to spread the word and encourage pro-active agendas.

Jeffrey L Selph | Short Bio

Jeffrey L Selph is the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist of NanoArchitech since 2018. With an impressive background as a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry and over 25 years of experience in nano-ceramic technology, Jeffrey L Selph holds patents and has developed a building system with proven success in resilient housing in the Caribbean. Other significant accomplishments are bridges, underground water storage tanks, and nuclear plant applications. NanoArchitech is committed to passing down the knowledge to expand the expertise through training and agreements to meet humanitarian needs.

“NanoArchitech addresses critical issues of climate change and disaster resilience with cost-effective solutions solutions from rebuilding Fire Resistant Buildings and communities to corrective restoration of piers and deteriorating gas lines underwater. Ceramtek™ nanocomposites.”