Interactions between reaction-diffusion systems and aggregated host environments are a subject of widespread interest. In this work, the behavior of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction was investigated in a micellar environment formed by the zwitterionic surfactant N-tetradecyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxide (C(14)DMAO). The appearance of an induction period with a threshold-like dependence upon the surfactant concentration, was detected at [C(14)DMAO] = 5.0 x 10(3) mol dm(3). These new features were explained in terms of the segregation ability typical of the amphiphilic self- assembling systems. Numerical simulations were also performed to confirm the proposed mechanism.

Rossi, F., Varsalona, R., Turco, M.L. (2008). New features in the dynamics of a ferroin-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction induced by a zwitterionic surfactant. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 463(4-6), 378-382 [10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.082].

New features in the dynamics of a ferroin-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction induced by a zwitterionic surfactant

F. Rossi;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Interactions between reaction-diffusion systems and aggregated host environments are a subject of widespread interest. In this work, the behavior of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction was investigated in a micellar environment formed by the zwitterionic surfactant N-tetradecyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxide (C(14)DMAO). The appearance of an induction period with a threshold-like dependence upon the surfactant concentration, was detected at [C(14)DMAO] = 5.0 x 10(3) mol dm(3). These new features were explained in terms of the segregation ability typical of the amphiphilic self- assembling systems. Numerical simulations were also performed to confirm the proposed mechanism.
2008
Rossi, F., Varsalona, R., Turco, M.L. (2008). New features in the dynamics of a ferroin-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction induced by a zwitterionic surfactant. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 463(4-6), 378-382 [10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.082].
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