Reactions in Microreactors in Electric Fields

Microreactors have been used for investigation of spatio-temporal concentration patterns arising due to interaction of specific complex reactions with transport of reaction species by molecular diffusion in spatially distributed reaction media. Propagating reaction fronts form one class of these patterns which are of interest in many areas of fundamental research. Particular interest is devoted to studies of effects of external fields (electrical and gravitational) that initiate other transport processes like electromigration of ionic components and hydrodynamical flow.