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The expansion of the application of ferroelectric crystals in engineering as well as of a number of fundamental problems of solid-state physics, which have not yet been solved and which bear a direct relation to ferro electricity, has lately stimulated much interest in the problem of ferroelectricity. In courses of solid-state physics ferroelectricity is studied today along with traditional disciplines, such as magnetism, superconductivity, and 'semiconducting phe­ nomena. Moreover, new specialities have been born concerned directly with the development and utilization of ferroelectric material~ in optics, acous­ tics, computer technology, and capacitor engineering. Special courses in the physics of ferroelectrics are read in a number of colleges and universities. The study of the nature of ferro electricity has currently reached such a level of development that we may speak of having gained a rather deep insight into the physical essence of a number of phenomena, which contribute to the generation of a spontaneous electric polarization in crystals. It is exactly at this level that it has become possible to single out that part of the problem, the physical picture of which can be depicted in a rather unsophisticated manner and which is the foundation for the construction of a building of ""complete understanding"".

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Author:   Boris A. Strukov ,  Arkadi P. Levanyuk
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.493kg
ISBN:  

9783642643408

ISBN 10:   364264340
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   19 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

General Characteristics of Structural Phase Transitions in Crystals; Phenomenological Theory of Second-Order Structural Transitions in Crystals; Proper Ferroelectrics: Anomalies of Physical Properties in Phase Transitions; Dielectric Anomalies in Structural Nonferroelectric and Improper Ferroelectric Phase Transitions; Anomalies of Elastic and Electromechanical Characteristics of Crystals in Second-Order Phase Transitions; Fluctuations of the Order Parameter in Phenomenological Theory; Structural Phase Transitions in the Single-Ion Model; Statistical Theory of Ferroelectric Phase Transitions of the Order-Disorder Type; Dynamics of Displacive and Order-Disorder Phase Transitions; Domain Structure and Defects; Ferroelectrics with an Incommensurate Phase; Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; Crystallochemical Aspects of the Theory of Ferroelectric Phenomena; Recommended Literature

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