title: Engineering complex dynamical structures: sequential patterns and desynchronization.
abstract: We used phase models to describe and tune complex dynamic structures to desired states; weak, nondestructive signals are used to alter interactions among nonlinear rhythmic elements. Experiments on electrochemical reactions on electrode arrays were used to demonstrate the power of mild model-engineered feedback to achieve a desired response. Applications are made to the generation of sequentially visited dynamic cluster patterns similar to reproducible sequences seen in biological systems and to the design of a nonlinear antipacemaker for the destruction of pathological synchronization of a population of interacting oscillators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, 102 Engineers' Way, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4741, USA.
authors.forename: István Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Craig G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Rusin
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kori
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hudson