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The effect of inhomogeneous fluctuations on instabilities in various nonlinear chemical models is studied in terms of concepts developed in the theory of equilibrium phase transitions.
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Dewel, G., Borckmans, P. & Walgraef, D. Nonequilibrium phase transitions and chemical instabilities. J Stat Phys 24, 119–137 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007639
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