par Leonetti, Marc ;Nuebler, Johannes;Homblé, Fabrice
Référence Physical review letters, 96, 21, page (1-4), 218101
Publication Publié, 2006-06
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Stationary spatiotemporal pattern formation emerging from the electric activity of biological membranes is widespread in cells and tissues. A known key instability comes from the self-aggregation of membrane channels. In a two-dimensional geometry, we show that the primary pattern undergoes four secondary instabilities: Eckhaus-like, period-halving, drift instabilities, and a global oscillation. The stability diagram is determined. The parity-breaking (drift) bifurcation of channel density is characterized analytically and numerically.