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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICAS DE MAR DEL PLATA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Stabilizing transient nanopatterns in heterogeneous catalysis: a comprensive explanation of the phenomenon
Autor/es:
SERGIO E. MANGIONI; ROBERTO DEZXA
Revista:
PHYSICA A - STATISTICAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2012
ISSN:
0378-4371
Resumen:
A pattern-formation mechanism driven by attractive forces---previously studied in the context of lateral interactions between adsorbates---is reassessed through a simplified model. In its original version, such a mechanism needed an additional chemical reaction to stabilize the pattern. Recently, that goal has been achieved by means of a particular multiplicative noise. However, many details of the mechanism have remained obscure. In order to clarify them, we resorted to a simplified model that reproduces qualitatively the results of the studies carried out on the complete model. Our analysis reveals that such a mechanism may largely transcend the context in which it was found.