EPJ Special Topics (EPJ ST)

Preface p. V

Hector L. Mancini

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00163-2

A thermodynamic description of thermo-diffusion in suspensions of rigid particles p. 3

G. Lebon, D. Lhuillier and A. Palumbo

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00164-1

A non-equilibrium thermodynamic instability in shear-induced diffusion in polymer solutions p. 13

J. Casas-Vázquez, M. Criado-Sancho, D. Jou and J. E. Llebot

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00165-0

Energy diffusion in hard-point systems p. 21

L. Delfini, S. Denisov, S. Lepri, R. Livi, P. K. Mohanty and A. Politi

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00166-y

Spatial patterns in non-locally interacting particle systems p. 37

C. López and E. Hernández-García

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00167-x

Patterns and supersolids p. 47

C. Josserand, Y. Pomeau and S. Rica

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00168-9

Collisions of counter-propagating pulses in coupled complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg–Landau equations p. 63

O. Descalzi, J. Cisternas, P. Gutiérrez and H. R. Brand

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00169-8

Domain wall dynamics: Growth laws, localized structures and stable droplets p. 71

D. Gomila, P. Colet, M. S. Miguel and G.-L. Oppo

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00170-3

The birth of defects in pattern formation: Testing of the Kibble–Zurek mechanism p. 87

S. Casado, W. González-Viñas, S. Boccaletti, P. L. Ramazza and H. Mancini

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00171-2

Bound states of topological defects in parametrically excited capillary waves p. 99

V. O. Afenchenko, A. B. Ezersky, S. V. Kiyashko and A. V. Nazarovsky

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00172-1

Aspects of stochastic resonance in reaction–diffusion systems: The nonequilibrium-potential approach p. 111

H. S. Wio and R. R. Deza

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00173-0

Synchronization processes in complex networks p. 129

M. Chavez, D.-U. Hwang and S. Boccaletti

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00174-y

Optimal communication schemes in a complex network: From trees to bottleneck networks p. 145

R. Criado, J. Flores, J. Pello and M. Romance

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00175-x

Multi-time-scale synchronization and information processing in bursting neuron networks p. 155

T. Pereira, M. S. Baptista and J. Kurths

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00176-9

Pattern formation and encoding rhythms analysis on a spiking/bursting neuronal network p. 169

C. Aguirre, D. Campos, P. Pascual and L. Vázquez

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00177-8

Stochastic population dynamics in turbulent fields p. 177

M. H. Vainstein, J. M. Rubí and J. M.G. Vilar

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00178-7

Variational principles and the effect of a cutoff on population pattern size p. 189

V. Méndez, W. Horsthemke, J. Casas-Vázquez and E. P. Zemskov

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00179-6

The constraints to learning in birdsong p. 199

M. A. Trevisan and G. B. Mindlin

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00180-1

Physics of cognition: Complexity and creativity p. 205

F. T. Arecchi

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00181-0

Mechanisms for initiation of cardiac discordant alternans p. 217

B. Echebarria and A. Karma

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00182-y

Chebyshev collocation methods in thermoconvective problems p. 235

H. Herrero

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00183-x

Solenoidal spectral formulations for the computation of secondary flows in cylindrical and annular geometries - Solenoidal spectral formulations p. 249

A. Meseguer, M. Avila, F. Mellibovsky and F. Marques

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00184-9

Numerical simulations of binary fluid convection in large aspect ratio annular containers p. 261

A. Alonso, O. Batiste and I. Mercader

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00185-8

Reentrant and whirling hexagons in non-Boussinesq convection p. 279

S. Madruga and H. Riecke

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00186-7

Thermal convection in a rotating binary viscoelastic liquid mixture p. 291

D. Laroze, J. Martínez-Mardones and J. Bragard

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00187-6

Two-dimensional wave patterns near a Hopf–Wave interaction in a chemical model p. 301

B. Peña and M. Bestehorn

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00188-5

Influence of time dependent flows on the threshold of the kinematic dynamo action p. 313

A. de la Torre, J. Burguete and C. Pérez-García

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00189-4

Symmetry breaking and clustering in a vibrated granular gas with several macroscopically connected compartments p. 323

J. J. Brey, R. García-Rojo, F. Moreno and M. J. Ruiz-Montero

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00190-y

Convection in a vibrated granular layer p. 331

A. Garcimartín, J. M. Pastor, R. Arévalo and D. Maza

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00191-x

Slow crack growth: Models and experiments p. 341

S. Santucci, L. Vanel and S. Ciliberto

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00192-9

Fragmentation instabilities of a drop as it falls in a miscible fluid p. 357

S. Residori, P. K. Buah-Bassuah and F. T. Arecchi

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00193-8

Some advances in lubrication-type theories p. 377

P. Colinet, H. Kaya, S. Rossomme and B. Scheid

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00194-7

Convection in thick and in thin fluid layers with a free surface – The influence of evaporation p. 391

M. Bestehorn

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00195-6

Pattern formation and localized structures in monoatomic layer deposition p. 407

M. G. Clerc, E. Tirapegui and M. Trejo

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00196-5

Universal non-equilibrium phenomena at submicrometric surfaces and interfaces p. 427

R. Cuerno, M. Castro, J. Munoz-García, R. Gago and L. Vázquez

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00197-4

On the mechanics of deformation instabilities in carbon nanotubes p. 443

D. Walgraef

Published online: 05 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00198-3

EPJ

The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Volume 146 (July 2007)

New Trends, Dynamics and Scales in Pattern Formation

Preface p. V

A thermodynamic description of thermo-diffusion in suspensions of rigid particles p. 3

A non-equilibrium thermodynamic instability in shear-induced diffusion in polymer solutions p. 13

Energy diffusion in hard-point systems p. 21

Spatial patterns in non-locally interacting particle systems p. 37

Patterns and supersolids p. 47

Collisions of counter-propagating pulses in coupled complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg–Landau equations p. 63

Domain wall dynamics: Growth laws, localized structures and stable droplets p. 71

The birth of defects in pattern formation: Testing of the Kibble–Zurek mechanism p. 87

Bound states of topological defects in parametrically excited capillary waves p. 99

Aspects of stochastic resonance in reaction–diffusion systems: The nonequilibrium-potential approach p. 111

Synchronization processes in complex networks p. 129

Optimal communication schemes in a complex network: From trees to bottleneck networks p. 145

Multi-time-scale synchronization and information processing in bursting neuron networks p. 155

Pattern formation and encoding rhythms analysis on a spiking/bursting neuronal network p. 169

Stochastic population dynamics in turbulent fields p. 177

Variational principles and the effect of a cutoff on population pattern size p. 189

The constraints to learning in birdsong p. 199

Physics of cognition: Complexity and creativity p. 205

Mechanisms for initiation of cardiac discordant alternans p. 217

Chebyshev collocation methods in thermoconvective problems p. 235

Solenoidal spectral formulations for the computation of secondary flows in cylindrical and annular geometries - Solenoidal spectral formulations p. 249

Numerical simulations of binary fluid convection in large aspect ratio annular containers p. 261

Reentrant and whirling hexagons in non-Boussinesq convection p. 279

Thermal convection in a rotating binary viscoelastic liquid mixture p. 291

Two-dimensional wave patterns near a Hopf–Wave interaction in a chemical model p. 301

Influence of time dependent flows on the threshold of the kinematic dynamo action p. 313

Symmetry breaking and clustering in a vibrated granular gas with several macroscopically connected compartments p. 323

Convection in a vibrated granular layer p. 331

Slow crack growth: Models and experiments p. 341

Fragmentation instabilities of a drop as it falls in a miscible fluid p. 357

Some advances in lubrication-type theories p. 377

Convection in thick and in thin fluid layers with a free surface – The influence of evaporation p. 391

Pattern formation and localized structures in monoatomic layer deposition p. 407

Universal non-equilibrium phenomena at submicrometric surfaces and interfaces p. 427

On the mechanics of deformation instabilities in carbon nanotubes p. 443

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