Far-from-equillibrium oscillating chemical reactions are among the simplest systems showing complex behaviors and emergent properties. This class of reactions is often employed to mimic and understand the mechanisms of a great variety of biological processes. In this context, pattern formation due to the coupling between reaction and transport phenomena represent an active and promising research area. In this paper, we present results coming from experiments where we tried to blend the structural properties of self-assembled matrixes (sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles and phospholipid bilayers) together with the evolutive peculiarities of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. A series of interesting dynamical behaviors, like spatio-temporal chaos, stationary patterns and segmented waves, were found in reaction–diffusion and reaction–diffusion–convection experiments.

Rossi, F., TURCO LIVERI, M.L. (2009). Chemical self-organization in self-assembling biomimetic systems. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 220, 1857-1864 [10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.040].

Chemical self-organization in self-assembling biomimetic systems

TURCO LIVERI, Maria Liria
2009-01-01

Abstract

Far-from-equillibrium oscillating chemical reactions are among the simplest systems showing complex behaviors and emergent properties. This class of reactions is often employed to mimic and understand the mechanisms of a great variety of biological processes. In this context, pattern formation due to the coupling between reaction and transport phenomena represent an active and promising research area. In this paper, we present results coming from experiments where we tried to blend the structural properties of self-assembled matrixes (sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles and phospholipid bilayers) together with the evolutive peculiarities of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. A series of interesting dynamical behaviors, like spatio-temporal chaos, stationary patterns and segmented waves, were found in reaction–diffusion and reaction–diffusion–convection experiments.
2009
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
Rossi, F., TURCO LIVERI, M.L. (2009). Chemical self-organization in self-assembling biomimetic systems. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 220, 1857-1864 [10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.040].
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