Self-Organized Chemical Nanoscale Microreactors

M. Hildebrand, M. Kuperman, H. Wio, A. S. Mikhailov, and G. Ertl
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1475 – Published 16 August 1999
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Abstract

Nonequilibrium localized structures of submicrometer and nanometer sizes, carrying the reaction, can spontaneously develop under reaction conditions on a catalytic surface. These self-organized microreactors emerge because of the coupling between the reaction and a structural phase transition in the substrate. The corresponding localized solutions are constructed using the singular perturbation approximation and reproduced in numerical simulations.

  • Received 6 January 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1475

©1999 American Physical Society

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M. Hildebrand1, M. Kuperman2, H. Wio2, A. S. Mikhailov1, and G. Ertl1

  • 1Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin
  • 2Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Technicas, 8400 Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

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Vol. 83, Iss. 7 — 16 August 1999

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