Fractal crack patterns in laponite films and their scaling behavior

Fractals

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-288

  Mal, Dibyendu ^a   Sinha, Suparna ^a   Dutta, Tapati ^b   Mitra, S ^a   Tarafdar, Sujata ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Crack pattern; Fractal; Laponite; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; THIN FILMS;

COARSE-GRAINING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LAPONITE FILMS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 33846249612     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X06003301     Document Type: Article

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