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Structure formation in chemical systems driven far from equilibrium by light

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Avnir, D., Kagan, M. & Levi, A. Structure formation in chemical systems driven far from equilibrium by light. Naturwissenschaften 70, 144–146 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401604

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