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Simulation

These images show a simulation using a cellular automata. Heptanol is simulated by reducing the neighbourhood size from a radius of 7 to 1.5. This increases the effects of local heterogeneity, and results in spiral breakup. The effect is reversed a few seconds later by increasing the neighbourhood size back up to 7. The cells are displaced from a regular grid in random directions to give heterogeneous cell spacing.

The animated gif image on the right may not be playing the correct speed. For a relatively accurate sample, download the .avi (Windows movie format).
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target spiral(fluo-3) spiral(di-4-ANEPPS) burst block simulation