Self-organization phenomena in non-equilibrium chemical systems

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Issue		Origins of Life 2009 Origins of Life: Self-Organization and/or Biological Evolution?


Page(s)		23 - 36
DOI		http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/orvie/2009003
Published online		17 September 2009

Origins of Life: Self-Organization and/or Biological Evolution? (2009) 23-36
DOI: 10.1051/orvie/2009003

Self-organization phenomena in non-equilibrium chemical systems

J. Boissonade

Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Université of Bordeaux and CNRS, 115 Av. Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac, France

Published online: 17 September 2009

Abstract
This article is a brief survey of the temporal and spatial self-organisation phenomena that can occur in chemical systems kept far from equilibrium by a permanent feed of fresh reactants such as bistability, oscillations, traveling waves, Turing patterns and front instabilities.

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