Spiral Waves of Chemical Activity

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Arthur T. Winfree · University of Chicago

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The Zhabotinsky-Zaikin reagent propagates waves of chemical activity. Reaction kinetics remain to be fully resolved, but certain features of wave behavior are determined by purely geometrical considerations. If a wave is broken, then spiral waves, resembling involutes of the circle, appear, persist, and eventually exclude all concentric ring waves.

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Published in: Science

Volume 175, Issue 4022, pp. 634-636

DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4022.634

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