title: Stabilization from chaotic to periodical states in a model of cellular automaton for oxidation of CO.
abstract: The chaotic behavior of a chemical reaction can be controlled perturbing periodically some of the parameters externally governing the reaction. Based on the resonance phenomenon, the method of external forcing can convert chaotic behavior into a periodical one through the application of a sinusoidal modulation. In this paper we analyze the effect of a periodical perturbation on room temperature in a model of cellular automaton that studies catalytic oxidation of CO. This model considers the reaction of carbon monoxide and oxygen adsorbed on a surface allowing the variation of the surface temperature and analyzing the time oscillations in the reaction. The results of simulations of this model show quasiperiodical and chaotic behaviors. Then the strategy of control through periodical forcing is able to remove the chaotic dynamics by means of the stabilization of periodical solutions, there being enough of a perturbing harmonic function with only one frequency to transform a chaotic state of the system into a periodical state with periodicity 1.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Córdoba
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Morales