US-Czechoslovakia Research on Coupled and Forced Oscillatoryand Excitable Systems in Chemistry and Biology

布兰代斯大学的欧文·爱泼斯坦博士和布拉格化学技术研究所的米洛斯·马立克博士之间的这项美国-捷克斯洛伐克合作研究项目的主要目标是检查无机化学和生物化学系统的基本质量，这些系统由可以显示振荡或可激发行为的单元组成。当耦合在一起时，这些单元可能表现出不寻常和重要的特性，如振荡行为或混沌现象的生长或停止。将进行理论和实验研究。当非线性反应动力学与浓度梯度和扩散效应耦合时，结果将提供对可能出现的新现象的见解。对这种兴奋性现象及其影响的了解可能会导致预测周期性强迫振子或一对耦合振子的行为的能力，这对于研究耦合动力系统的化学家和生物学家来说将是相当有趣的。该无机和生物无机化学项目通过使美国和东欧的顶尖专家在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的人才和集中研究资源，实现了推进科学知识的计划目标。

The primary objective of this US-Czechoslovak cooperative research project between Dr. Irving Epstein of Brandeis University and Dr. Milos Marek of the Prague Institute of Chemical Technology is to examine basic qualities of inorganic chemical and biochemical systems consisting of units that can display oscillatory or excitable behavior. When coupled together, these units may exhibit unusual and important properties such as growth or cessation of oscillatory behavior or chaotic phenomena. Both theorectical and experimental studies will be undertaken. Results should provide insight into the new phenomena that can arise when nonlinear reaction dynamics are coupled with concentration gradients and the effects of diffusion. Knowledge of this phenomenon of excitability and its influences may lead to an ability to predict the behavior of a periodically forced oscillator or pair of coupled oscillators which would be of considerable interest to chemists and biologists studying coupled dynamical systems. This project in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.