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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Emmanouil Mavrikakis, Middleton, WI (US);
Jake Gold, Houston, TX (US);
Trenton Wolter, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas Abbott, Lansing, NY (US);
Nanqi Bao, Ithaca, NY (US);
Huaizhe Yu, Ithaca, NY (US);
Ayushi Tripathi, Ithaca, NY (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for monitoring catalytic chemical reactions are provided. Such a method may comprise (a) exposing a solid surface to conditions to induce a chemical reaction of reactants at an interface formed between the solid surface and a liquid crystal, wherein the solid surface catalyzes the chemical reaction and the liquid crystal is characterized by an anchoring orientation that changes during the chemical reaction; and (b) measuring the anchoring orientation of the liquid crystal at one or more time points and at one or more locations on the solid surface during step (a). Systems for carrying out the methods are also provided.