title: Synchronization of surface reactions via Turing-like structures.
abstract: We discuss an alternative to the traditional gas-phase coupling approach in order to explain synchronized global oscillations in CO oxidation on Pt(110). We use a microscopic model which includes structural Pt surface reconstruction via front propagation, and large diffusion rates for CO. The synchronization mechanism is associated with the formation of a Turing-like structure of the substrate. By using large parallel microscopic simulations we derive scaling laws which allow us to extrapolate to realistic diffusion rates, pattern size, and oscillation periods.
authors.affiliation: Schuit Institute of Catalysis (ST/SKA), Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: A P J
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kuzovkov