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

布兰迪斯大学的欧文·爱泼斯坦博士和布拉格化学技术研究所的米洛斯·马雷克博士开展的这项美捷合作研究项目的主要目标是检查由能够表现出振荡或兴奋行为的单元组成的无机化学和生化系统的基本性质。当组合在一起时，这些单元可能会表现出不寻常和重要的特性，如振荡行为的增长或停止或混沌现象。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相结合时，结果应该能提供对可能出现的新现象的洞察。对这种兴奋性现象及其影响的了解可能导致预测周期强迫振子或耦合振子对的行为的能力，这将是研究耦合动力系统的化学家和生物学家的相当大的兴趣。这一无机和生物无机化学项目通过使美国和东欧的顶尖专家能够将互补的人才结合在一起，并在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域汇集研究资源，实现了促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.