Theoretical Chemistry

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes

Stably Rotating Patterns of Reaction and Diffusion

I. Introduction

II. Zero-Dimensional Situations

III. One-Dimensional Situations

IV. Two-Dimensional Situations

V. Other Structures

VI. Other Boundary Conditions

VII. Other Kinetics

VIII. Appendix

References

Chemistry of Inorganic Systems Exhibiting Nonmonotonic Behavior

I. Introduction

II. Theory-Scope of Nonmonotonic Behavior in Purely Chemical Systems

III. The Chemistry of Known Systems Exhibiting Temporal Oscillations in Stirred Media

IV. Flow Systems: A Diversity of Nonmonotonic Behavior

V. Unstirred Solutions: Traveling Waves of Chemical Activity

VI. Conclusion

References

Population Cycles

I. Introduction

II. The Population Balance Equation

III. Oscillations in a Simple Ecosystem

IV. Discussion

References

Mathematical Modeling of Excitable Media in Neurobiology and Chemistry

I. Introduction

II. Nerve Impulse Transmission

III. The Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction

References

Oscillating Enzyme Reactions

I. Introduction

II. Glycolysis

III. Physiology

References

Oscillatory Properties and Excitability of the Heart Cell Membrane

I. Introduction

II. The Cardiac Myocyte

III. Impedance and Oscillation

IV. Cardiac Membrane Currents

V. The Heart Cell Aggregate

VI. Summary and Conclusions

References

Selected Topics from the Theory of Physico-Chemical Instabilities

I. Introduction

II. Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Soluble Model Systems

III. Symmetry Breaking Transitions to Static Patterns

IV. Chemical Waves

V. Membrane and Surface Localized Structures

VI. The Morphological Stability of Growing Bodies

VII. Mechano-Chemical Phenomena

VIII. Concluding Remarks

References

Subject Index