FRACTAL INTERFACES IN THE SELF-STABILIZED ETCHING OF RANDOM-SYSTEMS

Authors
SAPOVAL B SANTRA SB BARBOUX P
Citation
B. Sapoval et al., FRACTAL INTERFACES IN THE SELF-STABILIZED ETCHING OF RANDOM-SYSTEMS, Europhysics letters, 41(3), 1998, pp. 297-302
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
297 - 302
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1998)41:3<297:FIITSE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We show through numerical simulation that fractal morphology appears a t the end of the spontaneous evolution of the interface between a rand om system and a finite-etching solution. The appearance of this morpho logy is directly linked to the critical slowing-down of the reaction w hen the system is going towards a collective equilibrium. The process is explained in terms of gradient percolation theory.