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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001387131-18-006593
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181203
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181205
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181204

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883107
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS [3390]
		IRS NUMBER:				363687863
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22333
		FILM NUMBER:		181217946

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE
		CITY:			ROMEOVILLE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60446
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6303231200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE
		CITY:			ROMEOVILLE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60446

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970305
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D.C. 20549</FONT></P>

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8-K</B><BR>
<B>CURRENT REPORT</B></FONT></P>

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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2018</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NANOPHASE
TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><B>0-22333</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><B>36-3687863</B></TD></TR>
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of incorporation)</TD>
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File Number)</TD>
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Marquette Drive, Romeoville, Illinois 60446</B></FONT></P>

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of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</FONT></P>

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telephone number, including area code: <B>(630) 771-6700</B></FONT></P>

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applicable</B></FONT></P>

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name or former address, if changed since last report)</FONT></P>

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the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>

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    communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR>
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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter). &nbsp;<BR>
Emerging growth
company &#9744;</FONT></P>

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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Nanophase
Technologies Corporation (&#8220;Nanophase&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;, including &#8220;we&#8221;, &#8220;our&#8221;
or &#8220;us&#8221;) is party to a Business Loan Agreement (the &#8220;Master Agreement&#8221;) with Beachcorp, LLC (&#8220;Beachcorp&#8221;),
which was previously disclosed in Part II, Item 5 of the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period
Ended September 30, 2018, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on November
19, 2018.</FONT></P>

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Master Agreement relates to two loan facilities: a term loan to the Company of up to $500,000 to be disbursed in a single advance
(the &#8220;Term Loan&#8221;) with a fixed annual interest rate of 8.25%, payable quarterly, accruing from the date of such advance
and with principal due on December 31, 2020; and an asset-based revolving loan facility for the Company of up to $2,000,000 (the
&#8220;Revolver Facility&#8221;), with floating interest at the prime rate plus 3% (8.25% minimum) per year, with a borrowing
base consisting of qualified accounts receivable of the Company, and with all principal and accrued interest due March 31, 2020.
The Term Loan and the Revolver Facility are each evidenced by a promissory note made by the Company and payable to the order of
Beachcorp, each of which was also disclosed in Part II, Item 5 of the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly
Period Ended September 30, 2018, which was filed with the Commission on November 19, 2018. The Term Loan and Revolver Facility
are secured by all the unencumbered assets of the Company and subordinated to the secured interest of Libertyville Bank and Trust
Company, a Wintrust Community Bank&nbsp;(&#8220;LB&amp;T&#8221;), under a Business Loan Agreement between the Company and LB&amp;T
dated as of March 4, 2018. The Master Agreement substantially restricts the Company&#8217;s ability to incur additional indebtedness
during the terms of both the Term Loan and the Revolver Facility.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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December 3, 2018, the Company borrowed the Term Loan from Beachcorp in a principal amount of $500,000.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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of the date of this filing, the borrowed amount under both the Revolver Facility is zero dollars.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0">Dated: December 4, 2018</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3">NANOPHASE
TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0.3in">/s/ Jaime Escobar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Name:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jaime Escobar</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Title:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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