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A Scalable Balz-Schiemann Reaction Protocol in a Continuous Flow Reactor
Published on: February 10, 2023
BLOCH-front turbulence in a periodically forced Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Bradley Marts1, Aric Hagberg, Ehud Meron
1Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
Abstract:
Experiments on a periodically forced Belousov-Zhabotinsky chemical reaction show front breakup into a state of spatiotemporal disorder involving continual events of spiral-vortex nucleation and destruction. Using the amplitude equation for forced oscillatory systems and the normal form equations for a curved front line, we identify the mechanism of front breakup and explain the experimental observations.
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