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Selection principle for various modes of spatially nonuniform electrochemical oscillations
Satoshi Fukushima1, Shuji Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Nakato
1Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
Abstract:
The pattern selection principle for various modes of spatially nonuniform oscillation was investigated by taking a current oscillation of negative differential resistance type, appearing in H2O2 reduction on platinum (Pt) ring electrodes, as a model system. In experiments, various modes of spatiotemporal oscillation, such as a spatially uniform oscillation, standing wave oscillation, and rotating wave oscillation, appeared depending on the applied potential and the distance between the Pt-ring electrode and the reference electrode. A simple mathematical model for the spatiotemporal patterns at the electrode surface was proposed. Numerical calculations and nonlinear bifurcation analysis based on the proposed model reproduced all the essential features of the experimental results and clarified the pattern selection principle.
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