Carballosa Calleja, AlejandroGómez Varela, Ana IsabelBao Varela, María del CarmenFlores Arias, María TeresaPérez Muñuzuri, Alberto2025-11-262025-11-262024-05-30Carballosa, A., Gomez-Varela, A. I., Bao-Varela, C., Flores-Arias, M. T., & Muñuzuri, A. P. (2024). Photosensitive Control and Network Synchronization of Chemical Oscillators. Entropy, 26(6), 475. https://doi.org/10.3390/e26060475https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44013The Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction has long been a paradigmatic system for studying chemical oscillations. Here, we experimentally studied the synchronization control within photochemically coupled star networks of BZ oscillators. Experiments were carried out in wells performed in soda-lime glass constructed using novel laser technologies. Utilizing the inherent oscillatory nature of the BZ reaction, we engineered a star network of oscillators interconnected through photochemical inhibitory coupling. Furthermore, the experimental setup presented here could be extrapolated to more complex network architectures with both excitatory and inhibitory couplings, contributing to the fundamental understanding of synchronization in complex systems.eng© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Complex networksBelousov-Zhabotinsky reactionMicroreactorsSLIPAA techniqueSynchronizationInvestigación22 Físicajournal article10.3390/e260604751099-4300open access