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Diffusively Coupled Chemical Oscillators in a Microfluidic Assembly
Author(s) -
Toiya Masahiro,
Vanag Vladimir K.,
Epstein Irving R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200802339
Subject(s) - microfluidics , nanotechnology , materials science , computer science
Fascillating : Inhibitory coupling by bromine among nanoliter aqueous droplets containing the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction solution produces anti‐phase oscillations and stationary Turing patterns (see picture; reduced catalyst in red, oxidized catalyst in blue). By choosing the fundamental oscillator and the scavenger added to the connecting medium, it should be possible to construct systems with controllable degrees of inhibitory or excitatory coupling.