@article{38326, keywords = {turbulence, chemical waves}, author = {Bar and Kevrekidis and HH ROTERMUND and ERTL}, title = {Pattern formation in composite excitable media}, abstract = { The propagation of periodic reaction-diffusion waves (wave trains) on a composite catalytic surface, whose subdomains are characterized by different reaction kinetics, is-observed experimentally during CO oxidation and analyzed computationally with a realistic reaction-diffusion model. Complete transmission as well as partial blocking of plane waves, creation of spirals as well as chemical turbulence due to presence of a domain boundary with curved waves are found for different parameters. }, year = {1995}, journal = {Physical Review EPhysical Review E}, volume = {52}, pages = {R5739-R5742}, month = {12/1995}, isbn = {1063-651X}, language = {English}, }