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Lauren Zarzar and Caleb Meredith
Caleb Meredith, CEO and cofounder of Penn State startup Chromatir, and Lauren Zarzar, cofounder
Project: Developed a method for producing new kinds of color-shifting materials based on a recently discovered optical effect that uses reflective structures at the microscale to generate iridescent structural color.
Funding/awards: Lab Bench to Commercialization, People’s Choice awards in 2019 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference Tech Tournament, Ben Franklin Technology Partners TechCelerator, Board of Advisors program through the Startup Leadership Network, National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership for Innovation Grant, NSF I-Corps national program.
Relevant publications:
Invent Penn State Intellectual Property navigator:
- Manufacturing processes for microstructures producing structural colors
- Tunable Coloration from Multi-Phase Droplets and Particles
Current status: Fundraising, market research, prototype development
Penn State News Story
Penn State-Affiliated Startup Chromatir Develops Color-Shifting Coatings
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