title: Design and control of patterns in reaction-diffusion systems.
abstract: We discuss the design of reaction-diffusion systems that display a variety of spatiotemporal patterns. We also consider how these patterns may be controlled by external perturbation, typically using photochemistry or temperature. Systems treated include the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, the chlorite-iodide-malonic acid and chlorine dioxide-malonic acid-iodine reactions, and the BZ-AOT system, i.e., the BZ reaction in a water-in-oil reverse microemulsion stabilized by the surfactant sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
authors.forename: Vladimir K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Vanag
authors.forename: Irving R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000379:methods; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D017606:Chlorine Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D004058:Diffusion; D004867:Equipment Design; D007454:Iodides / Q000737:chemistry; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry; D008314:Malonates / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D017606:Chlorine Compounds; D007454:Iodides; D008314:Malonates; D010087:Oxides; C025109:chlorine dioxide; D007455:Iodine; C030290:malonic acid