Three-dimensional twisted vortices in an excitable chemical medium

Twisted vortices, a new type of structure, are examined. Several different types of three-dimensional nonlinear wave structures are expected to occur in chemically excitable media. In general these are vortex-like structures in which the waves adopt complex spatial configurations, and until recently...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 345; no. 6274; pp. 419 - 421
Main Authors:	Pertsov, A. M, Aliev, R. R, Krinsky, V. I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing 31-05-1990 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Dependence Experiments Free surfaces Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Molecular biophysics Organic chemistry Phase transitions Physics Shock waves Time constant Vortex rings Vortices Twisted shape Chemical reagent Molecular dynamics Vortex Spatial structure Conformation Excited state
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Summary:	Twisted vortices, a new type of structure, are examined. Several different types of three-dimensional nonlinear wave structures are expected to occur in chemically excitable media. In general these are vortex-like structures in which the waves adopt complex spatial configurations, and until recently only simple vortices and vortex rings have been observed experimentally.
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ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/345419a0