Experimental evidence of a sustained standing Turing-type nonequilibrium chemical pattern
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We report the experimental observation of a sustained standing nonequilibrium chemical pattern in a single-phase open reactor. Considering the properties of the pattern (symmetry breaking, intrinsic wavelength), it is interpreted as the first unambiguous experimental evidence of a Turing structure.
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- Authors
- Castets, V., Dulos, E., Boissonade, J., & De Kepper, P.
- Affiliations
- Centre de recherche Paul Pascal (FR)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1990-06-11
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 2953-2956
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092424552
- Cited by
- 1,238
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 44.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Cellular Automata and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
- Keywords
- Turing patterns, pattern formation, symmetry breaking, open reactor, reaction-diffusion systems, chemical oscillations
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