FRACTAL AGGREGATIONS AT LOW DRIVING-FORCE WITH STRONG ANISOTROPY

Authors
WANG M LIU XY STROM CS BENNEMA P VANENCKEVORT W MING NB
Citation
M. Wang et al., FRACTAL AGGREGATIONS AT LOW DRIVING-FORCE WITH STRONG ANISOTROPY, Physical review letters, 80(14), 1998, pp. 3089-3092
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
14
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3089 - 3092
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:14<3089:FAALDW>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
In this Letter we report a unique fractal aggregation behavior of NH4C l crystallites grown in agarose gel. The fractal branches consist of f aceted crystallites with remarkable correlations in their crystallogra phic orientations, which are formed by successive heterogeneous nuclea tions. Unlike the conventional fractal growth, this aggregation proces s occurs at a low growth driving force with strong crystallographic an isotropy, which leads to the ordering in the fractal branches.