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Fractal Behaviour of Porous Glasses

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Disordered Solids

Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series ((PHYSC,volume 46))

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Fractal geometry provides a measure of randomness and permits characterization of porous materials and systems having rough surfaces. Fractal objects show dilation symmetry implying that the essential geometric features are invariant to scale changes such as magnification factors. Theoretical background and experimental methods for studying fractal structure such as low-angle neutron and X-ray scattering, adsorption and energy transfer between donor and acceptor molecules embedded in fractal structures are presented. It will be shown that results obtained today by various methods provide different answers about the fractal dimensionality. A proposition is made for unifying the different methods.

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  1. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    Renata Reisfeld (Enrique Berman Professor of Solar Energy)

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Reisfeld, R. (1989). Fractal Behaviour of Porous Glasses. In: Di Bartolo, B., Özen, G., Collins, J.M. (eds) Disordered Solids. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 46. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5475-8_15

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