Exotic dynamics of bimolecular reaction–diffusion fronts in immiscible systems

Abstract

Dynamics of bimolecular ABC reaction–diffusion (RD) fronts have been well characterised in miscible systems. We study here their properties when reactants A and B are initially dissolved in two immiscible solvents put in contact. Neglecting any convective effects, we show that bimolecular RD fronts developing in such immiscible systems upon transfer from the reactants from one phase to the other can change directions up to four times, contrary to miscible systems where only two changes of direction are possible. Further, the conditions for which two local maxima in the reaction rate can exist are identified.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2023.108821
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies > Applied Mathematics & Data Science
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies
Aston University (General)
Additional Information: © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chemical front, Reaction–diffusion Interface, Small time asymptotics, Mass transfer,General Mathematics,SDG 13 - Climate Action
Publication ISSN: 1873-5452
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2024 08:58
Date Deposited: 15 Sep 2023 11:30
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2023-12
Published Online Date: 2023-08-09
Accepted Date: 2023-08-04
Authors: Generalis, Sotos C. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-7660-0633)
Wit, A. De
Trevelyan, Philip M. J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2780-6680)

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