Abstract
Deterministic chaos has been observed in the and reactions on Pt(100). A mathematical model is proposed that explains the origin as being due to delays in the response of a population of reacting adsorbate islands globally coupled via the gas phase. The dynamical equations of this model yield a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations resulting in chaos.
- Received 6 March 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3564
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