TaapSense is developing irreversible, chemistry-based indicator labels that record temperature exposure. No electronics, no readers—just a permanent visual record of cold chain integrity.
Billions of dollars of life-saving biologics and perishable goods are lost every year because heat exposure during transit goes undetected. A vial can look perfectly fine long after its potency has been destroyed.
Health workers cannot visually distinguish a viable vaccine from one ruined by heat. The result? Administered placebos and wasted public health budgets.
Frozen and chilled goods often thaw and refreeze during distribution. By the time a consumer opens the package, the quality—and safety—has already degraded.
Diagnostic kits and reagents degrade outside strict temperature windows. Undetected thermal abuse leads to inaccurate test results and compromised patient care.
We are engineering a unified chemistry platform that undergoes a permanent color change when exposed to cumulative heat above a calibrated threshold.
One core science, formulated across different substrates—flexographic inks for food packaging, diagnostic strips for IVDs, and compliant vial monitors for vaccines.
We are currently optimizing the formulation matrix. Researchers interested in the underlying kinetics and polymer interactions are encouraged to reach out directly to our lab.
Reads with the naked eye. No scanners, RFID, or digital infrastructure required for point-of-care verification.
Based on Arrhenius kinetics, the labels respond to the total heat exposure over time, not just a single threshold spike.
Once the chromophore activates, the color change is thermodynamically permanent. It cannot revert upon cooling.
Based at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, we operate at the intersection of materials science, organic chemistry, and optical calibration. We are actively building a network of academic collaborators and institutional mentors.
We are assembling our core synthetic chemistry team. If you want to engineer the molecules that power our platform from the ground up, we want to hear from you.
Drive the organic synthesis and molecular engineering of our indicator platform. You will own the chemistry from compound design and reaction optimization to scalable synthesis routes.
Focus on compound screening, purification, and analytical characterization. Ideal for chemists looking to do hands-on, high-impact synthetic work in a deep-tech startup environment.