Abstract
Systems with chemical reactions and diffusion of reagents form a large variety of nonequilibrium patterns. In this short review we analyse analogies and differences between pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems and nucleation phenomena in equilibrium first-order phase transitions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 435-456 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Physics Reports |
Volume | 288 |
Issue number | 1-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Chemical reactions
- Pattern formation
- Phase transitions