Transition from traveling to standing waves as a function of frequency in a reaction-diffusion system

J Chem Phys. 2008 Jun 28;128(24):244907. doi: 10.1063/1.2946697.

Abstract

The addition of polyethylene glycol to the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction increases the frequency of oscillations, which in an extended system causes a transition from traveling to standing waves. A further increase in frequency causes another transition to bulk oscillations. The standing waves are composed of two domains, which oscillate out of phase with a small delay between them, the delay being smaller as the frequency of oscillations is increased.