Effective field approach to phase transitions and some applications to ferroelectrics [[electronic resource] /] / Julio A. Gonzalo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458405803321
• Autore: Gonzalo Julio A (Julio Antonio)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006
• ISBN: 1-281-37306-0; 9786611373061; 981-277-312-6
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Collana: World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; ; v. 76
• Disciplina: 530.414; 530.474
• Soggetti: Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Field theory (Physics); Ferroelectric crystals; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Preface ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Part 1 Mean Field Approach to Cooperative Phenomena ; 1.1 An overview ; 1.2 Liquid-vapor transitions ; 1.3 Ferromagnetic transitions ; 1.4 Superconductive transitions ; 1.5 Order-disorder transitions in alloys; 1.6 Ferroelectric transitions 1.7 Superfluid transitions ; 1.8 Ferroelastic transitions ; 1.9 Landau theory and effective field approach. Role of fluctuations ; 1.10 Equation of state and the scaling function ; Appendix: Effective field approach to superconductors; Part 2 Some Applications to Ferroelectrics: 1970-1991 2.1 Behavior at T = Tc of pure ferroelectric systems with second order phase transition ; 2.2 Effects of dipolar impurities in small amounts ; 2.3 Mixed ferro-antiferroelectric systems and other mixed ferroelectric systems; 2.3.1 Comment on ""Ferroelectricity in zinc cadmium telluride"" 2.4 Relaxation phenomena near Tc ; 2.5 Polarization reversal in ferroelectric systems ; 2.6 Polarization switching by domain wall motion ; 2.7 Switching current pulse shape; 2.8 Elementary excitations in ferroelectrics: Dipole waves 2.9 Low-temperature behavior of ferroelectrics ; 2.10 Logarithmic corrections ; Part 3 Some Applications to Ferroelectrics: 1991-1997 ; 3.1 Pressure dependence of the free energy expansion coefficients in PbTiO3 and BaTiO3 and tricritical point behavior; 3.2 Ultrasonic study of the ferroelectric phase transition in RbD2PO4; 3.3 New technique for investigating ferroelectric phase transitions: The photoacoustic effect
• Sommario/riassunto: This book begins by introducing the effective field approach, the simplest approach to phase transitions. It provides an intuitive approximation to the physics of such diverse phenomena as liquid-vapor transitions, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, order-disorder in alloys, ferroelectricity, superfluidity and ferroelasticity. The connection between the effective field approach and Landau's theory is stressed. The main coverage is devoted to specific applications of the effective field concept to ferroelectric systems, both hydrogen bonded ferroelectrics, like those in the TGS family, and ox