Dynamical attributes of nanocatalyzed self-oscillating reactions via bifurcation analyses

Self-oscillating chemical reactions that undergo reaction–diffusion (RD) phenomena have shown great potential for designing stimuli-responsive materials. Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactions are one such class of reactions that exhibit nonlinear chemical oscillations due to redox cycles of the metal-...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2021-08, Vol.155 (6), p.064902-064902
Main Authors: Rajput, Vandana, Dayal, Pratyush
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catalysts
Catalytic activity
Chemical reactions
Dynamic response
Heterogeneity
Hopf bifurcation
Nonlinearity
Oscillations
Stimuli
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Summary:Self-oscillating chemical reactions that undergo reaction–diffusion (RD) phenomena have shown great potential for designing stimuli-responsive materials. Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactions are one such class of reactions that exhibit nonlinear chemical oscillations due to redox cycles of the metal-ion catalyst by virtue of Hopf bifurcation. Using bifurcation analyses, here we investigate the BZ reactions, catalyzed by 0D–2D catalytic nanomats and bare nanosheets, which are known to exhibit enhanced dynamic response due to catalysts’ heterogeneity. Specifically, we incorporate the nanocatalysts’ activity in the kinetic model of the BZ reactions and, subsequently, use catalysts’ activity as the bifurcation parameter for analyses. By computing higher-order Lyapunov and frequency coefficients, we have revealed new oscillatory regimes in the bifurcation diagram, including re-entrant regions where sustained oscillations are unexpectedly suppressed, even with high catalytic activity. In addition, we also calculate the amplitude and frequency of BZ oscillations in each of these regions as a function of nanocatalysts’ activity. We believe that our current findings can be used to harness the nonlinearity of RD-based dynamical systems to provide unique functionalities to active stimuli-response systems.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/5.0060509