“化学花园”自组织结构研究进展

Research Progress on Self-organized Structure in Chemical Gardens

"化学花园"通常是指金属盐在硅酸盐水溶液中形成的类似植物的结构,它的生长过程包含了渗透、浮力和反应-扩散过程的影响。这种远离平衡态的复杂自组织结构,涵盖了化学、物理学、非线性动力学以及材料科学等领域,在今天重新获得人们的广泛关注。介绍化学花园的实验方法、材料表征,化学花园的应用领域,并且对研究热点进行了总结,对未来的研究趋势进行了展望。

Chemical gardens are usually refers to the structure formed metal silicate solution with plant-like forms.Their growth is influenced by osmosis,buoyancy and reaction-diffusion processes. These complex self-organized structures far from equilibrium are attracting nowadays increasing interest with chemistry,physics,nonlinear dynamics and materials science. Experimental study,materials characterization and application of chemical gardens would be a brief introduction of chemical garden,and the research focus and future research trends were summarized and discussed.