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Synchronization of Coupled Oscillators on a Two‐Dimensional Plane
Author(s) -
Guo Dameng,
Fu Yong Qing,
Zheng Bo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201600293
Subject(s) - microreactor , synchronization (alternating current) , signal (programming language) , mixing (physics) , power (physics) , plane (geometry) , phase (matter) , acoustics , maximum power transfer theorem , materials science , chemistry , physics , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics , programming language , catalysis
The effect of the transfer rate of signal molecules on coupled chemical oscillators arranged on a two‐dimensional plane was systematically investigated in this paper. A microreactor equipped with a surface acoustic wave (SAW) mixer was applied to adjust the transfer rate of the signal molecules in the microreactor. The SAW mixer with adjustable input powers provided a simple means to generate different mixing rates in the microreactor. A robust synchronization of the oscillators was found at an input radio frequency power of 20 dBm, with which the chemical waves were initiated at a fixed site of the oscillator system. With increasing input power, the frequency of the chemical waves was increased, which agreed well with the prediction given by the time‐delayed phase oscillator model. Results from the finite element simulation agreed well with the experimental results.