LEADER 05396nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910784870103321 005 20230828214429.0 010 $a1-281-37306-0 010 $a9786611373061 010 $a981-277-312-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403068 035 $a(EBL)1679687 035 $a(OCoLC)879023924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000144461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12009961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147335 035 $a(PQKB)10056983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1679687 035 $a(WSP)00006168 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1679687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10201415 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL137306 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403068 100 $a20061116d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEffective field approach to phase transitions and some applications to ferroelectrics$b[electronic resource] /$fJulio A. Gonzalo 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (468 p.) 225 1 $aWorld Scientific lecture notes in physics ;$vv. 76 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-256-875-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; 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 327 $a1.6 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 327 $aPart 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 327 $a2.3.1 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 327 $a2.8 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 327 $a3.3 New technique for investigating ferroelectric phase transitions: The photoacoustic effect 330 $a This book begins by introducing the effective field approach, the simplest approach to phase transitions. It provides an intuitive approximation to the physics of such diverse phenomena as liquid-vapor transitions, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, order-disorder in alloys, ferroelectricity, superfluidity and ferroelasticity. The connection between the effective field approach and Landau's theory is stressed. The main coverage is devoted to specific applications of the effective field concept to ferroelectric systems, both hydrogen bonded ferroelectrics, like those in the TGS family, and ox 410 0$aWorld Scientific lecture notes in physics ;$vv. 76. 606 $aPhase transformations (Statistical physics) 606 $aField theory (Physics) 606 $aFerroelectric crystals 615 0$aPhase transformations (Statistical physics) 615 0$aField theory (Physics) 615 0$aFerroelectric crystals. 676 $a530.414 676 $a530.474 700 $aGonzalo$b Julio A$g(Julio Antonio)$0870857 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784870103321 996 $aEffective field approach to phase transitions and some applications to ferroelectrics$93686884 997 $aUNINA