Chemical Waves and Pattern Formation in the 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-<i>sn</i>-glycero-3-phosphocholine/Water Lamellar System

Abstract

The present work deals with the spatially extended oscillatory Belousov Zhabotinsky reaction-diffusion system carried out in an anisotropic environment of phosphatidylcholines/water binary system, which presents layered aqueous domains separated by lipid bilayers. We report the occurrence of stable Turing patterns, spiral waves, and other exotic structures in phospholipids bilayers that are generally used as a models for cell plasma membranes.