Apex of a V-shaped cut field acts as a pacemaker on an oscillatory system

作者:Motoike Ikuko N*; Nakata Satoshi; Iguchi Yasutaka; Takemura Kaori K; Hayashi Kumiko; Yoshikawa Kenichi
来源:Chemical Physics Letters, 2010, 490(4-6): 238-241.
DOI:10.1016/j.cplett.2010.03.046

摘要

The generation and propagation of chemical waves in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction were investigated using a cation-exchange membrane embedded with a metal catalyst as a 2-dimensional oscillatory/active field. We found that a target pattern is generated from the top of a V-shape, indicating that the apex on the boundary between active and passive fields behaves as a pacemaker. A Plausible mechanism for this phenomenon is proposed based on a reaction-diffusion equation.

  • 出版日期2010-4-26

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