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F Plenge1, H Varela, K Krischer
1Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
We report the observation of a self-organized asymmetric wave source in a one-dimensional (1D) electrochemical system, namely, the hydrogen oxidation reaction on Pt in the presence of poisons. Numerical simulations reveal that the nonlocal migration coupling is crucial for the endogenous persistence of the perturbation that causes the asymmetry. Experiments and simulations agree perfectly for the regular and irregular variant of these asymmetric waves, manifesting the existence of nonlocal coupling induced patterns also in physical systems.
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