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ArticleScientific reports2023

Non-autonomous zinc-methylimidazole oscillator and the formation of layered precipitation structures in a hydrogel.

Norbert Német, Hugh Shearer Lawson, Gábor Holló, Nadia Valletti, Federico Rossi, Gábor Schuszter, István Lagzi

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Norbert NémetDepartment of Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem Rkp. 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary.
Hugh Shearer LawsonDepartment of Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem Rkp. 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary.
Gábor HollóELKH-BME Condensed Matter Research Group, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem Rkp. 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary.
Nadia VallettiDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian Dei Mantellini 44, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Federico RossiDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, Pian Dei Mantellini 44, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Gábor SchuszterDepartment of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Tér 1, Szeged, 6720, Hungary.
István LagziDepartment of Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem Rkp. 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary. lagzi.istvan.laszlo@ttk.bme.hu.

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COST EU CA17120National Research, Development and Innovation Office K131425
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Abstract

Oscillations are one of the intrinsic features of many animate and inanimate systems. The oscillations manifest in the temporal periodic change of one or several physical quantities describing the systems. In chemistry and biology, this physical quantity is the concentration of the chemical species. In most chemical oscillatory systems operating in batch or open reactors, the oscillations persist because of the sophisticated chemical reaction networks incorporating autocatalysis and negative feedback. However, similar oscillations can be generated by periodically changing the environment providing non-autonomous oscillatory systems. Here we present a new strategy for designing a non-autonomous chemical oscillatory system for the zinc-methylimidazole. The oscillations manifested in the periodic change of the turbidity utilizing the precipitation reaction between the zinc ions and 2-methylimidazole (2-met) followed by a partial dissolution of the formed precipitate due to a synergetic effect governed by the ratio of the 2-met in the system. Extending our idea spatiotemporally, we also show that these precipitation and dissolution phenomena can be utilized to create layered precipitation structures in a solid agarose hydrogel.

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ZincHydrogelsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationImidazoles2-methylimidazoleHydrogelsImidazolesZinc

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PMID37419884
PMCPMC10329012

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