Fractal models are proposed for the autocatalytic growth of amorphous thin films. The models give good agreement with the growth kinetics measured for electroless deposited films of amorphous nickel‐phosphorus. A universal result obtained from the models is discussed, and only self‐similarity is found to be important; randomness is effectively eliminated in the model.
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