OGAWA Toshiyuki
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2008
Type Academic Journal
Title Selection principle for various modes of spatially non-uniform electrochemical oscillations
Contribution Type Co-authored (other than first author)
Journal J. Chemical Physics
Volume, Issue, Page 128(1),pp.014714
Author and coauthor S.Fukushima,S. Nakanishi,Y. Nakato
Details The pattern selection principle for various modes of spatially nonuniform oscillation was investigated by taking a current oscillation of negative differential resistance type, appearing in H2O2 reduction on platinum (Pt) ring electrodes, as a model system. In experiments, various modes of spatiotemporal oscillation, such as a spatially uniform oscillation, standing wave oscillation, and rotating wave oscillation, appeared depending on the applied potential and the distance between the Pt-ring electrode and the reference electrode. A simple mathematical model for the spatiotemporal patterns at the electrode surface was proposed. Numerical calculations and nonlinear bifurcation analysis based on the proposed model reproduced all the essential features of the experimental results and clarified the pattern selection principle.