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Liquid Membrane and Other Membrane Oscillators

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As a continuation of convective instabilities enclosed in Chapter 5, experimental examples of electrochemical systems with one or two liquid/liquid interfaces which exhibit spontaneous oscillations of interfacial tension and potential are described. The general idea of such non-equilibrium systems is to connect two immiscible liquids in each of which the species better soluble in the other phase is dissolved (e.g., nitrobenzene solution of picric acid–aqueous solution of tetraalkylammmonium salt). Oscillations occur then during the transport of the respective species through the interface, on a way towards thermodynamic equilibrium. In the case of three V-phase system, usually realized in U-shape reactor, the two external phases are the aqueous solutions, while the middle organic phase is a liquid membrane. Such systems were studied as electrochemical models of the taste and smell sensors. In spite of simplicity of the construction of such systems, the mechanism of oscillations remains a subject of discussion and the development of relevant concepts is briefly reviewed. Experimental realizations are supported by outline description of theoretical models. As a supplement, selected oscillators with solid membranes are briefly reviewed, including the pioneer system of Teorell, aiming to mimick the neural response in living organisms. Rare examples of oscillations in the conducting polymer systems are given.

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Orlik, M. (2012). Liquid Membrane and Other Membrane Oscillators. In: Self-Organization in Electrochemical Systems II. Monographs in Electrochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27627-9_6

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