On Growth and Form

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. “The Course”

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Growth: An Introduction

      • Hans J. Herrmann

      Pages 3-20

   3. Form: An Introduction to Self-Similarity and Fractal Behavior

      • H. Eugene Stanley

      Pages 21-53

   4. Scale-Invariant Diffusive Growth

      • Thomas A. Witten III

      Pages 54-68

   5. DLA in the Real World

      • R. C. Ball

      Pages 69-78

   6. Percolation and Cluster Size Distribution

      • Dietrich Stauffer

      Pages 79-100

   7. Scaling Properties of the Probability Distribution for Growth Sites

      • Antonio Coniglio

      Pages 101-110

   8. Computer Simulation of Growth and Aggregation Processes

      • Paul Meakin

      Pages 111-135

   9. Rate Equation Approach to Aggregation Phenomena

      • François Leyvraz

      Pages 136-144

   10. Experimental Methods for Studying Fractal Aggregates

       • José Teixeira

       Pages 145-162

   11. On the Rheology of Random Matter

       • Etienne Guyon

       Pages 163-173

   12. Development, Growth, and Form in Living Systems

       • Jean-Pierre Boon, Alain Noullez

       Pages 174-184

3. “The Seminars”

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-186

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   2. Aggregation of Colloidal Silica

      • David S. Cannell, Claude Aubert

      Pages 187-197

   3. Dynamics of Fractals

      • Dale W. Schaefer, James E. Martin, Alan J. Hurd

      Pages 198-202

   4. Fractal Viscous Fingers: Experimental Results

      • G. Daccord, J. Nittmann, H. E. Stanley

      Pages 203-210

   5. Wetting Induced Aggregation

      • Daniel Beysens, Coggio Houessou, Françoise Perrot

      Pages 211-217

   6. Light Scattering from Aggregating Systems: Static, Dynamic (QELS) and Number Fluctuations

      • J G Rarity, P N Pusey

      Pages 218-221

   7. Flocculation and Gelation in Cluster Aggregation

      • Max Kolb, Robert Botet, Rémi Jullien, Hans J. Herrmann

      Pages 222-226

We have shown that simple power-law dynamics is expected for flexible fractal objects. Although the predicted behavior is well established for linear polymers, the situationm is considerably more complex for colloidal aggregates. In the latter case, the observed K-dependence of (r) can be explained either in terms of non-asymptotic hydrodynamics or in terms of weak power-law polydispersity. In the case of powders (alumina, in particular) apparent fractal behavior seen in static scattering is not found in the dynamics. ID. W. Schaefer, J. E. Martin, P. Wiitzius, and D. S. Cannell, Phys. Rev. Lett. 52,2371 (1984). 2 J. E. Martin and D. W. Schaefer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 5:1,2457 (1984). 3 D. W. Schaefer and C. C. Han in Dynamic Light Scattering, R. Pecora ed, Plenum, NY, 1985) p. 181. 4 P. Sen, this book. S J. E. Martin and B. J. Ackerson, Phys. Rev. A :11, 1180 (1985). 6 J. E. Martin, to be published. 7 D. A. Weitz, J. S. Huang, M. Y. Lin and J. Sung, Phys. Rev. Lett. 53,1657 (1984) . 8 J. E. Martin, D. W. Schaefer and A. J. Hurd, to be published; D. W. Schaefer, K. D. Keefer, J. E. Martin, and A. J. Hurd, in Physics of Finely Divided Matter, M. Daoud, Ed., Springer Verlag, NY, 1985. 9 D. W. Schaefer and A. J. Hurd, to be published. lOJ. E. Martin, J. Appl. Cryst. (to be published).

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• development
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• living systems
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• rheology
• scattering
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• transport

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