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Fractal Electrodes, Fractal Membranes, and Fractal Catalysts

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How do irregular surfaces operate? This chapter is devoted to this general question, which has been revived by the concept of fractal geometry.

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    Armin Bunde

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    Shlomo Havlin

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Sapoval, B. (1991). Fractal Electrodes, Fractal Membranes, and Fractal Catalysts. In: Bunde, A., Havlin, S. (eds) Fractals and Disordered Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51435-7_6

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