Gonzalo J.A. Effective Field Approach to Phase Transitions and Some Approach Applications to Ferroelectrics

2nd Edition. – World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Hackensack, NJ, USA, 2006. – 469 p. – ISBN: 9812568751This 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.Mean Field Approach to Cooperative Phenomena
An overview
Liquid-vapor transitions
Ferromagnetic transitions
Superconductive transitions
Order-disorder transitions in alloys
Ferroelectric transitions
Superfluid transitions
Ferroelastic transitions
Landau theory and effective field approach. Role of fluctuations
Equation of state and the scaling function
Appendix: Effective field approach to superconductors
Some Applications to Ferroelectrics: 1970-1991
Behavior at T ~ Tc of pure ferroelectric systems with second order phase transition
Effects of dipolar impurities in small amounts
Mixed ferro-antiferroelectric systems and other mixed ferroelectric systems
Relaxation phenomena near Tc
Polarization reversal in ferroelectric systems
Polarization switching by domain wall motion
Switching current pulse shape
Elementary excitations in ferroelectrics: Dipole waves
Low-temperature behavior of ferroelectrics
Logarithmic corrections
Some Applications to Ferroelectrics: 1991-1997
Pressure dependence of the free energy expansion coefficients in PbTi03 and BaTi03, and tricritical point behavior
Ultrasonic study of the ferroelectric phase transition in RbD2P04
New technique for investigating ferroelectric phase transitions: The photoacoustic effect
Tricritical point behavior and quadrupole interactions in ferroelectrics
Frequency and temperature dependence of sound velocity in TGS near Tc
Dipolar and higher order interactions in ferroelectric TSCC
Thermal hysteresis and quadrupole interactions in ferroelectric transitions
Specific heat and quadrupole interactions in uniaxial ferroelectrics
Field-dependent temperature shift of the dielectric losses peak in TGS
Discontinuity and quasitricritical behavior near Tc in ferroelectric triglycine selenate
Scaling equation of state for ferroelectric triglycine selenite at TTc
Composition dependence of the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition in the mixed system PbZr1-xTixO3
Observations of two ferroelectric response times in TGSe at T~Tc
Equation of state for pressure and temperature induced transition in ferroelectric telluric acid ammonium phosphate
Neutron diffraction investigation of the FRL-FRH transition in Nb-doped PbZr1-xTixO3 with x = 0.035
O3 tilt and Pb/(Zr/Ti) displacement order parameters in Zr-rich PbZr1-xTixO3 from 20 to 500 K
Dielectric characterization of the phase transitions in Pb1-y_2(Zr1-xTix)1-yNbyO3(0.03_x_0.04, 0.025_y_0.05)
Some Applications to Ferrolectrics: 1998-2005
Scaling and metastable behavior in uniaxial ferroelectrics
Energy conversion with Zr-rich lead Zirconate/Titanate ceramics
Microscopic characterization of low-field switching in ferroelectric TGS
Brillouin scattering studies of ferroelectric triglycine selenate sound velocity versus uniaxial pressure at T ~ Tc
Piezoelectric resonance investigation of Zr-rich PZT at room temperature
Transition temperature dependence in perovskite ceramics as a function of grain size
A monoclinic ferroelectric phase in the Pb(Zr1-xTix;)03 solid solution
Tetragonal-to-monoclinic phase transition in ferroelectric perovskite: The structure of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3
Evolution of the ferroelectric transition character of partially deuterated triglycine selenate
Composition dependence of transition temperature in mixed ferroelectric-ferroelectric systems
Temperature dependence of mode Gruneisen parameters in ferroelectric perovskites at T = Tc
Quantum tunneling versus zero point energy in double-well potential model for ferroelectric phase transitions