title: Nanoscale Turing structures.
abstract: Formation of Turing patterns of nanoscopic length scale is simulated using molecular dynamics. Based on Fourier spectra of the concentrations of species, we compare stabilities of the structures of different wavelengths and for different intermolecular potentials. Long range attraction is shown to oppose the formation of structures. Our simulations suggest that Turing patterns can be a method of self-organization at a length scale of down to 20 molecular diameters.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dziekan
authors.affiliation: The Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DNRF Centre "Glass and Time," Universitetsvej 1, bygn. 27, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nowakowski