Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9877656 | Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Clarifying the mechanism of chemo-mechanical energy transduction under isothermal conditions has been an important goal in nonlinear science. We have approached this problem by creating experimental model systems and proposing a new hypothesis. In this article, we describe some chemically nonequilibrium systems such as the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, a camphor disk on water, a mixture of water and alcohol, and a reactive droplet on a glass plate. In these systems, various kinds of mechanical motion are driven by nonequilibricity. These results stress the importance of the boundary condition.
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Authors
Hiroyuki Kitahata, Kenichi Yoshikawa,