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Science 1 April 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5155, pp. 80 - 82
DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5155.80
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Effects of Boundaries on Pattern Formation: Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Platinum

M. D. Graham 1, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis 1, K. Asakura 2, J. Lauterbach 2, K. Krischer 2, H.-H. Rotermund 2, and G. Ertl 2

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263, USA.
2 Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany

The effect of boundaries on pattern formation was studied for the catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide on platinum surfaces. Photolithography was used to create microscopic reacting domains on polycrystalline foils and single-crystal platinum (110) surfaces with inert titanium overlayers. Certain domain geometries give rise to patterns that have not been observed on the untreated catalyst and bring to light surface mechanisms that have no analog in homogeneous reaction-diffusion systems.

Submitted on October 22, 1993
Accepted on January 21, 1994


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