A new synchronization mechanism via Turing-like microscopic structures   for CO oxidation on Pt(110)
  We discuss an alternative to the traditional gas-phase coupling approach in order to explain synchronized global oscillations in CO oxidation on Pt(110). We use a minimalist microscopic model which includes structural Pt surface reconstruction via front propagation, and large diffusion rates for CO. The synchronization mechanism is associated with the formation of a Turing-like structure of the substrate. By using large parallel microscopic simulations we derive a scaling laws which allow us to extrapolate to realistic diffusion rates, pattern size, and oscillation periods. 
R. Salazar, A. P. J. Jansen, and V. N. Kuzovkov