Applications of Multifractal Analysis in Surface Science
A special issue of Fractal and Fractional (ISSN 2504-3110). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2022) | Viewed by 4194
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The microstructural properties of natural or technologically shaped surfaces often have non-Euclidean properties and show a scale-invariant structure. Information about these structures can be experimentally obtained by atomic force microscopy or electron microscopy methods. Several characteristics estimated by the fractal analyses provide information about the particular kind of observed scale invariancy. These characteristics are strongly influenced by environmental effects or by applied technological operations. This is very important for the determination of the surface properties needed for an understanding of the influence of the surrounding environment, the development of surface features during the forming of structure, and the optimization of technological steps for preparing the resulting microstructure. Multifractal structures are a particular kind of scale-invariant structures. Spatial and temporal variation in the scale-invariant structure of the observed surface often appears. These spatial and temporal variations indicate the multifractal property of these studied surfaces, as described by a multifractal spectrum and several other characteristics important for a variety of applications.
Topics that are invited for discussion include (but are not limited to):
- Analysis of multifractal properties;
- Multifractal properties of natural or technologically treated surfaces;
- Implementation of multifractal methods;
- Application of multifractal methods in the study of natural and technological surfaces;
- Correlation between the multifractal and physical properties of observed surfaces.
Dr. Stanislav Jurečka
Guest Editor
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