The book introduces the oscillatory reaction and pattern formation in
the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction that became model for
investigating a wide range of intriguing pattern formations in chemical
systems. So many modifications in classic version of BZ reaction have
been carried out in various experimental conditions that demonstrate
rich varieties of temporal oscillations and spatio-temporal patterns in
non- equilibrium conditions. Mixed-mode versions of BZ reactions, which
comprise a pair of organic substrates or dual metal catalysts, have
displayed very complex oscillating behaviours and novel space-time
patterns during reaction processes. These characteristic spatio-temporal
properties of BZ reactions have attracted increasing attention of the
scientific community in recent years because of its comparable periodic
structures in electrochemical systems, polymerization processes, and
non-equilibrium crystallization phenomena. Instead, non-equilibrium
crystallization phenomena which lead to development of novel crystal
morphologies in constraint of thermodynamic equilibrium conditions have
been investigated and are said to be stationary periodic structures.
Efforts have continued to analyze insight mechanisms and roles of
reaction-diffusion mechanism and self-organization in the growth of such
periodic crystal patterns. In this book, non-equilibrium crystallization
phenomena, leading to growth of some novel crystal patterns in dual
organic substrate modes of oscillatory BZ reactions have been discussed.
Efforts have been made to find out experimental parameters where
transitions of the spherulitic crystal patterns take place. The book
provides the scientific community and entrepreneurs with a thorough
understanding and knowledge of the growth and form of branched crystal
pattern in reaction-diffusion system and their morphological transition.
