Epstein Irving R, Pojman John A, Steinbock Oliver
Department of Chemistry, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
Chaos. 2006 Sep;16(3):037101. doi: 10.1063/1.2354477.
The field of self-organization in nonequilibrium chemical systems comprises the study of dynamical phenomena in chemically reacting systems far from equilibrium. Systematic exploration of this area began with investigations of the temporal behavior of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky oscillating reaction, discovered accidentally in the former Soviet Union in the 1950s. The field soon advanced into chemical waves in excitable media and propagating fronts. With the systematic design of oscillating reactions in the 1980s and the discovery of Turing patterns in the 1990s, the scope of these studies expanded dramatically. The articles in this Focus Issue provide an overview of the development and current state of the field.
非平衡化学系统中的自组织领域包括对远离平衡的化学反应系统中动力学现象的研究。该领域的系统探索始于对别洛索夫-扎博京斯基振荡反应时间行为的研究，该反应于20世纪50年代在前苏联被偶然发现。该领域很快发展到可激发介质中的化学波和传播前沿。随着20世纪80年代振荡反应的系统设计以及90年代图灵斑图的发现，这些研究的范围急剧扩大。本期聚焦文章概述了该领域的发展和现状。
