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Apart from linear polymers, the dynamic properties of fractal structures are essentially unexplored. This paucity of data is due to the fact that dynamic light scattering, the technique of choice for such studies, is expected to display unique features only for objects which are fractal over dimensional scales comparable to the wavelength of light (5000Å). Recently, however, colloidal aggregates were shown 1 both to be fractal over lengths up to and to display interesting dynamics. (2) Our purpose here is not only to discuss the dynamics of such aggregates, but also to review the results for polymers and colloidal particles. In all cases, these systems are studied in a dilute suspension by quasi-elastic light scattering.
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Schaefer, D.W., Martin, J.E., Hurd, A.J. (1986). Dynamics of Fractals. In: Stanley, H.E., Ostrowsky, N. (eds) On Growth and Form. NATO ASI Series, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5165-5_13
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