학술논문

Propagating Spiral Waves Obtained in a Catalyst-Immobilized Gel Membrane by the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction System
Document Type
Article
Source
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 31(7), pp.1956-1962 Jul, 2010
Subject
화학
Language
English
ISSN
1229-5949
0253-2964
Abstract
The formation of diverse spiral waves was studied in a polyacrylamide gel membrane with ruthenium(4-vinyl-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine)bis(2,2'-bipyridine)bis(hexafluorophosphate) by a gas-free Belousov-Zhabotinisky (BZ) reaction system containing 1,4-cyclohexanedione (1,4-CHD). The gel membrane was found to be receptive for observing propagating waves since a clearer wave-train is obtained during a long reaction time without any disturbance from the immobilized metal catalyst which can be dissolved into the highly acidic solution of the BZ system. The distinctive waves in the system basically depend on both BrO3 and 1,4-CHD in the initial phase, and are influenced by the intensity of illumination of visible light.