A revolutionary manufacturing method developed by the research team of Martinez at the FlexiLab has just been awarded a U.S. patent, marking a significant advancement in the field of scalable nanotechnology. The patented technique, titled Roll-to-Roll Nanoforming of Metals Using Laser-Induced Superplasticity (R2RLIS), enables the high-throughput, cost-effective production of ultrasmooth metallic nanostructures using standard CO₂ lasers and low-cost nanomolds.