Modeling of Porous Media and Surface Structures:  Their True Essence as Networks

Networks possess closed paths or cycles connecting their elements. Until now indeed, modeling of porous media and surface structures has been performed disregarding their intricate nature as networks. A qualitative and quantitative adequate simulation of heterogeneous media by Monte Carlo methods is proposed. This allows a deeper understanding of the nature of such media and the prediction of a variety of processes taking part in them.