Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25795263›Full record

ArticleThe European physical journal. E, Soft matter2015

Tunable diffusive lateral inhibition in chemical cells.

Ning Li, Nathan Tompkins, Hector Gonzalez-Ochoa, Seth Fraden

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Article in The European physical journal. E, Soft matter, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ning LiDepartment of Physics, Brandeis University, 02454, Waltham, MA, USA.
Nathan Tompkins
Hector Gonzalez-Ochoa
Seth Fraden
Brandeis University · USInstitute for Scientific and Technological Research · MX

Funding

Quantitative Biology: a Graduate Curriculum Linking the Physical and Biomedical ST32EB009419 · NIBIB · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI GELLES, JEFF, KONDEV, JANE · 2009 to 2018
$2.8M
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB009419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction has become the prototype of nonlinear chemical dynamics. Microfluidic techniques provide a convenient method for emulsifying BZ solutions into monodispersed drops with diameters of tens to hundreds of microns, providing a unique system in which reaction-diffusion theory can be quantitatively tested. In this work, we investigate monolayers of microfluidically generated BZ drops confined in close-packed two-dimensional (2D) arrays through experiments and finite element simulations. We describe the transition from oscillatory to stationary chemical states with increasing coupling strength, controlled by independently varying the reaction chemistry within a drop and diffusive flux between drops. For stationary drops, we studied how the ratio of stationary oxidized to stationary reduced drops varies with coupling strength. In addition, using simulation, we quantified the chemical heterogeneity sufficient to induce mixed stationary and oscillatory patterns.

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Models, ChemicalPeriodicityEmulsionsEmulsions

Identifiers

PMID25795263
PMCPMC4403736
OpenAlexW1967143676

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