Table of Contents

Part 1 Overview, B.B.Mandelbrot. Part 2 Basic concepts and terminology, P.Pfeifer. Part 3 Methods for determining the fractal dimension: analysis of images, B.H.Kaye; scattering - experiments and theory, P.W. Schmidt; adsorption - experiments and theory, D.Farin and D.Avnir; energy migration - theory, P.Evesque. Part 4 Mechanisms of formation of fractal objects: growth processes - polymerization and aggregation; the formation of fractal objects by polymerization and gelation, J.Martin; fractal properties of polymers, M.Daoud; fractal analysis of proteins; aggregation; simulations, P.Meakin; experimental observations - (redox reactions, polymerizations, etc). Part 5 Disintegration and dissipation processes: dissolutions, evaporations, etchings, G. Daccord; flow in colloidal media, H.Van-Damme; diffusion fronts, B.Sapoval. Part 6 Processes in fractal environments: reactions and diffusion in fractal environments; molecular diffusion and reactions - theory, P.Pfeifer; molecular diffusion and reactions - experiments, J.M.Drake; energy migration and trapping; catalysis, preliminary observations, D.Avnir and D.Farin; electrochemistry, A. Le-Mehaute; flow and porosimetry; porosity and adsorption isotherms, J.J.Fripiat; flow in porous media, P.Adler; chromatography, M.Sernetz. Part 7 Special topics: fractal aspects of geochemistry, P.A.Burrough; fractal analysis of chaotic chemical and biochemical reactions; fractions, D.Passoja. Part 8 Concluding remarks: the skeptical eye, D.Avnir.