Dissipative structures in systems of diffusion-bonded chemical nano- and micro oscillators

In spatially extended classical Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, trigger spiral or concentric waves usually occur. If the BZ reaction is dispersed into nanodroplets of water-in-oil emulsion, new patterns are observed such as standing waves, anti-spirals, oscillons, dash-waves, jumping waves, Turing patterns, and other. If the size of water droplets is increased up to tens of micrometers, coupled micro-oscillators produce new stationary and oscillatory discrete dissipative patterns. In the review, comparative analysis of these patterns is done and a possibility of creating a chemical computer on the basis of dissipative patterns is discussed.