<i>Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth</i>

TLDR

The book unites fractals and surface physics, appealing to condensed matter and statistical mechanics researchers interested in fractal applications to surfaces. It aims to introduce fractal concepts to surface and interface researchers and demonstrate their application to surface studies. It surveys the methods and theories developed over the past decade for studying surface growth in accessible terms. The authors show that fractal concepts can successfully describe and predict morphologies arising from different growth processes. The first chapter is available online at http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/onlinepubs/Textbooks/textbookstop.html.

Abstract

This book brings together two of the most exciting and widely studied subjects in modern physics: namely fractals and surfaces. To the community interested in the study of surfaces and interfaces, it brings the concept of fractals. To the community interested in the exciting field of fractals and their application, it demonstrates how these concepts may be used in the study of surfaces. The authors cover, in simple terms, the various methods and theories developed over the past ten years to study surface growth. They describe how one can use fractal concepts successfully to describe and predict the morphology resulting from various growth processes. Consequently, this book will appeal to physicists working in condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics, with an interest in fractals and their application. The first chapter of this important new text is available on the Cambridge Worldwide Web server: http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/onlinepubs/Textbooks/textbookstop.html