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Bifurcation analysis of Liesegang ring pattern formation
M I Lebedeva1, D G Vlachos, M Tsapatsis
1Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-3110, USA.
Abstract:
Bifurcation analysis is introduced to a prototype Liesegang ring (LR) model to explain pattern formation as an instability of a propagating plane reaction front. A theoretical criterion for the onset of patterning is derived and numerically tested. The uneven spacing law of LR bands is explained as a consequence of the time varying velocity of the moving reaction front. Suggestions for controlling pattern formation are provided.
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