Kinetic response of surfaces defined by finite fractals

Fractals

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-476

  Nair, Pradeep R ^a   Alam, Muhammad A ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Clusters; Diffusion Limited Aggregation; Finite Fractals; Morphology

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; KINETICS; SCALING LAWS;

CLUSTER; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION]; FINITE FRACTAL; FINITE SYSTEMS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INVARIANT OBJECTS; KINETIC PROCESS; SCALE-INVARIANT; SIMPLE++;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 78649614718     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X10005032     Document Type: Article

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