Delay-induced chaos in catalytic surface reactions

NO reduction on Pt(100)

authored by

N. Khrustova, G. Veser, A. Mikhailov, R. Imbihl

Abstract

Deterministic chaos has been observed in the NO+CO and NO+H2 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.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

External Organisation(s)

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI)

Type

Article

Journal

Physical review letters

Volume

75

Pages

3564-3567

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication date

06.11.1995

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3564 (Access: Closed)