title: Nanoscale changes induce microscale effects in Turing patterns.
abstract: A water-in-oil microemulsion loaded with a reaction-diffusion chemical system (Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction) is able to exhibit Turing patterns that are believed to be responsible for differentiation processes in Nature. Using polymers, such as polyethylene oxide, longer than the droplet size changes the distribution of droplets due to cluster formation. This difference in the nanoscale has relevant consequences in the observed the Turing pattern's wavelength, which is three orders of magnitude larger than the droplet size.
authors.affiliation: Group of Nonlinear Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Spain.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carballido-Landeira
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taboada
authors.forename: Alberto P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Muñuzuri
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D004655:Emulsions; D057446:Hydrodynamics; D009795:Octanes / Q000737:chemistry; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D009795:Octanes; D009821:Oils; D014867:Water; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols