Travelling waves in an ionic autocatalytic chemical system with an imposed electric field

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 453, Issue 1966, 1997, Pages 2325-2351

  Snita, D ^a   Sevcikova, H ^a   Marek, M ^a   Merkin, J H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000353593     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0124     Document Type: Article

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