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Long-lasting dashed waves in a reactive microemulsion
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Brandeis University
Description
In the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction carried out in a reverse microemulsion with Aerosol OT as surfactant, the existence of two different sizes of droplets containing the BZ reactants leads to the emergence of segmented (dashed) waves. This bimodal distribution of sizes is stabilized by adding small amounts of the homopolymer poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). Addition of PEO lengthens the period during which these patterns are observed, so that dashed waves can persist for 12–14 h, in contrast to the 2–3 h found in earlier studies without added polymer.
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- 10.1039/b714705h
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2007-09-24
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2007-12-18
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2008-01-10