The physicochemical nature of colloidal motion waves among silver colloids

Traveling waves are commonly observed in biological and synthetic systems, and recent discoveries have shown how silver colloids form traveling motion waves in hydrogen peroxide under UV light. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Xi Chen and a team of researchers in smart materials, physics and optics at the Harbin Institute of Technology, and the Shanghai Jiao Tang University, in China, showed the colloidal motion wave as a heterogeneous excitable system.Traveling waves are commonly observed in biological and synthetic systems, and recent discoveries have shown how silver colloids form traveling motion waves in hydrogen peroxide under UV light. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Xi Chen and a team of researchers in smart materials, physics and optics at the Harbin Institute of Technology, and the Shanghai Jiao Tang University, in China, showed the colloidal motion wave as a heterogeneous excitable system.Read More