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A computer simulation model has been developed to follow chemical oscillations in a membrane for immobilized enzyme systems. It is a discrete particle type model which follows the spatial and temporal fluctuations of the concentrations in a reaction involving two substrates. The parameters can be readily varied to allow dissipative structures to result from the sustained nonlinear reaction kinetics and to determine which parameters cause damping of the oscillations. The nature of the diffusion mechanism allows extension to more than one dimension.
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Stetson, R.F., Hogan, W.A. Simulation of chemical oscillations in membranes. Bltn Mathcal Biology 44, 637–645 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462272
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