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Periodic Perturbation of Chemical Oscillators: Entrainment and Induced Synchronization
Author(s) -
Makki Rabih,
Muñuzuri Alberto P.,
PerezMercader Juan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201403647
Subject(s) - perturbation (astronomy) , entrainment (biomusicology) , belousov–zhabotinsky reaction , collective behavior , mechanics , physics , synchronization (alternating current) , chemical physics , classical mechanics , rhythm , mathematics , topology (electrical circuits) , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , combinatorics , sociology , anthropology
It is well known that a large number of catalyst‐carrying beads immersed in an oscillatory chemical medium (Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction) display collective oscillatory behavior. Using a light sensitive version of BZ, we show that this collective behavior can be entrained to an external light source with an oscillatory intensity. Thus, the emerging collective behavior can be controlled by an external perturbation.