Chemical reactions at gas-liquid interfaces a novel source of spatial dissipative structures

1983 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 361-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Avnir ◽  
M. Kagan
2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1423-1441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Kovalchuk

AbstractSystems far from equilibrium are able to self-organize and often demonstrate the formation of a large variety of dissipative structures. In systems with free liquid interfaces, self-organization is frequently associated with Marangoni instability. The development of solutal Marangoni instability can have specific features depending on the properties of adsorbed surfactant monolayer. Here we discuss a general approach to describe solutal Marangoni instability and review in details the recent experimental and theoretical results for a system where the specific properties of adsorbed layers are crucial for the observed dynamic regimes. In this system, Marangoni instability is a result of surfactant transfer from a small droplet located in the bulk of water to air/water interface. Various dynamic regimes, such as quasi-steady convection with a monotonous decrease of surface tension, spontaneous oscillations of surface tension, or their combination, are predicted by numerical simulations and observed experimentally. The particular dynamic regime and oscillation characteristics depend on the surfactant properties and the system aspect ratio.


2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2307-2332 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. BORCKMANS ◽  
G. DEWEL ◽  
A. DE WIT ◽  
E. DULOS ◽  
J. BOISSONADE ◽  
...  

Diffusive instabilities provide the engine for an ever increasing number of dissipative structures. In this class autocatalytic chemical systems are prone to generate temporal and spatial self-organization phenomena. The development of open spatial reactors and the subsequent discovery in 1989 of the stationary reaction–diffusion patterns predicted by Turing [1952] have triggered a large amount of research. This review aims at a comparison between theoretical predictions and experimental results obtained with various type of reactors in use. The differences arising from the use of reactions exhibiting either bistability of homogeneous steady states or a single one in a CSTR are emphasized.


2011 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Davidovits ◽  
Charles E. Kolb ◽  
Leah R. Williams ◽  
John T. Jayne ◽  
Douglas R. Worsnop

2006 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 1323-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Davidovits ◽  
Charles E. Kolb ◽  
Leah R. Williams ◽  
John T. Jayne ◽  
Douglas R. Worsnop

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