Design and control of patterns in reaction-diffusion systems

Journal Article · Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Chaos (Woodbury, N. Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2900555· OSTI ID:21100309

Vanag, Vladimir K; Epstein, Irving R ^[1]

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1. Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110 (United States)

We discuss the design of reaction-diffusion systems that display a variety of spatiotemporal patterns. We also consider how these patterns may be controlled by external perturbation, typically using photochemistry or temperature. Systems treated include the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, the chlorite-iodide-malonic acid and chlorine dioxide-malonic acid-iodine reactions, and the BZ-AOT system, i.e., the BZ reaction in a water-in-oil reverse microemulsion stabilized by the surfactant sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)

• OSTI ID: 21100309
• Journal Information: Chaos (Woodbury, N. Y.), Vol. 18, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2900555; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1054-1500
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IODIDES
MALONIC ACID
MICROEMULSIONS
OILS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SURFACTANTS