# Shaping wave patterns in reaction-diffusion systems

Source: [Shaping wave patterns in reaction-diffusion systems](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa2e371e209131ce860d78>)

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Authors: Jakob L\\"ober, Steffen Martens, Harald Engel

Published: 2014-05-16T22:04:15.000Z

## Abstract

We present a method to control the two-dimensional shape of traveling wave solutions to reaction-diffusion systems, as e.g. interfaces and excitation pulses. Control signals that realize a pre-given wave shape are determined analytically from nonlinear evolution equation for isoconcentration lines as the perturbed nonlinear phase diffusion equation or the perturbed linear eikonal equation. While the control enforces a desired wave shape perpendicular to the local propagation direction, the wave profile along the propagation direction itself remains almost unaffected. Provided that the one-dimensional wave profile and its propagation velocity can be measured experimentally, and the diffusion coefficients of the reacting species are given, the new approach can be applied even if the underlying nonlinear reaction kinetics are unknown.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4321>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.4321.pdf>)