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Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 3013–3016 (1990)

Spatiotemporal concentration patterns in a surface reaction: Propagating and standing waves, rotating spirals, and turbulence

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S. Jakubith, H. H. Rotermund, W. Engel, A. von Oertzen, and G. Ertl
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-1000 Berlin 33, Germany

Received 25 June 1990; published in the issue dated 10 December 1990

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Laterally varying surface concentrations associated with the oscillatory oxidation of carbon monoxide on a Pt(110) surface were imaged by photoemission electron microscopy. Depending on the applied conditions, a large variety of spatiotemporal patterns were observed that are characteristic for the nonlinear dynamics of reaction-diffusion systems.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3013
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3013
PACS:
68.35.-p, 82.65.-i