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Electric Field Effects in Chemical Patterns

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Bottom-Up Self-Organization in Supramolecular Soft Matter

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Excitation waves are a prototype of self-organized dynamic patterns in non-equilibrium systems. They develop their own intrinsic dynamics resulting in traveling waves of various forms and shapes. Prominent examples are rotating spirals and scroll waves. Their behavior can be controlled by applying external electrical signals, upon which these propagating waves react. We apply such electric fields to the excitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. Remarkable effects include the change of wave speed, reversal of propagation direction, annihilation of counter-rotating spiral waves and reorientation of scroll wave filaments. Recently, we have investigated electric field effects in the BZ reaction dissolved in a sodium-bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) water-in-oil microemulsion. A drift of complex patterns following nonlinear rules can be observed. We discuss the assumption that this system can act as a model for long range communication between neurons.

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    Patricia Dähmlow & Stefan C. Müller

  2. Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, 50 Phaholyothin Road, Jatujak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

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Dähmlow, P., Luengviriya, C., Müller, S.C. (2015). Electric Field Effects in Chemical Patterns. In: Müller, S., Parisi, J. (eds) Bottom-Up Self-Organization in Supramolecular Soft Matter. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 217. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19410-3_3

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