Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.99, No.10, 2949-2952, 1995
Mosaic Pattern Formations in Multicellular Chemical-Systems
A 2-dimensional array of coupled Brusselators cells is studied numerically. A variety of stationary patterns are obtained depending on the coupling strength of an activator and an inhibitor. Mosaic patterns of different motifs, in a very complicated spatial arrangement, are discovered. The mechanism that leads to the formation of the mosaic patterns consists of the formation of rings by an oscillatory chemical medium, the breaking of rings, and the interaction with the cellular chemical medium.