Fig. 5
Real-time control of chemical oscillator. a BZ reaction synchronisation achieved by two units acting as leader and follower. b Zoomed plot of the periods, at 40 min the follower adds potassium bromates and overshoots, the period is then corrected with two small additions of water and is synchronised at 48 min. c Real data of encoding/decoding of ‘cronin lab’. Encoding of the word ‘cron’. d Each character is converted into the relative number using the optimised alphabet. e These numbers are converted first into octal and then into a frequency change by using the threshold table. f Final encoded message, each character is represented by two reagent additions. The amounts are reported as an example since real amounts are dynamic and are calculated in real time by monitoring the oscillation frequency
