Chemical reactions in the presence of surface modulation and stirring

Details Chemical reactions in the presence of surface modulation and stirring Chemical reactions in the presence of surface modulation and stirring

2009-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/0902.4116v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

31 pages, 9 figures

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We study the dynamics of simple reactions where the chemical species are confined on a general, time-modulated surface, and subjected to externally-imposed stirring. The study of these inhomogeneous effects requires a model based on a reaction-advection-diffusion equation, which we derive. We use homogenization methods to show that up to second order in a small scaling parameter, the modulation effects on the concentration field are asymptotically equivalent for systems with or without stirring. This justifies our consideration of the simpler reaction-diffusion model, where we find that by modulating the substrate, we can modify the reaction rate, the total yield from the reaction, and the speed of front propagation. These observations are confirmed in three numerical case studies involving the autocatalytic and bistable reactions on the torus and a sinusoidally-modulated substrate

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