GLOBAL COUPLING IN THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTS - SYNCHRONIZATION IN AN OSCILLATORY SURFACE-REACTION

Authors
VESER G MERTENS F MIKHAILOV AS IMBIHL R
Citation
G. Veser et al., GLOBAL COUPLING IN THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTS - SYNCHRONIZATION IN AN OSCILLATORY SURFACE-REACTION, Physical review letters, 71(6), 1993, pp. 935-938
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
71
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
935 - 938
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)71:6<935:GCITPO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The transition from a spatially uniformly oscillating surface to the f ormation of chemical wave patterns has been investigated in the NO+CO reaction on Pt(100) using photoemission electron microscopy. This tran sition is associated with a discontinuous jump in the local oscillatio n frequency and can be described as a breakdown of global coupling cau sed by the presence of defects in the oscillating medium.