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Diffusively Coupled Chemical Oscillators in a Microfluidic Assembly
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Diffusively Coupled Chemical Oscillators in a Microfluidic Assembly

Masahiro Toiya, Vladimir K Vanag and Irving R Epstein
Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), Vol.47(40), pp.7753-7755
09/22/2008
PMID: 18756573

Abstract

synchronization Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction oscillatory reactions coupled oscillators Turing patterns Microfluidics Oscillations Physical Chemistry
Fascillating: Inhibitory coupling by bromine among nanoliter aqueous droplets containing the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction solution produces anti‐phase oscillations and stationary Turing patterns (see picture; reduced catalyst in red, oxidized catalyst in blue). By choosing the fundamental oscillator and the scavenger added to the connecting medium, it should be possible to construct systems with controllable degrees of inhibitory or excitatory coupling.

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