A cellular automaton describing the formation of spatially ordered structures in chemical systems
Abstract
A cellular automaton describing a certain heterogeneous catalytic reaction is introduced as a theoretical approach towards the investigation of pattern formation in chemical systems. The numerically obtained results demonstrate that the time evolution of this cellular automaton leads to a self-sustained organization of circular and spiral wave-like structures, even starting from random initial states.
- Publication:
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Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
- Pub Date:
- August 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0167-2789(89)90081-X
- Bibcode:
- 1989PhyD...36..209G