The Physics Of Structural Phase Transitions

Author : Minoru Fujimoto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475727259
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions written by Minoru Fujimoto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for readers with some prior knowledge of condensed-matter physics, this text emphasises the basic physics behind spontaneous structural changes in crystals. Starting with the relevant thermodynamic principles, the author discusses the nature of order variables and their collective motion in a crystal lattice. He also goes on to describe experimental methods for modulated crystal structures and gives examples of structural changes in representative systems. Both a graduate text and reference work.

Author : K.A. Müller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642815316
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Phase Transitions I written by K.A. Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions by numerous experts

Author : Minoru Fujimoto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9780387516219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions written by Minoru Fujimoto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phase transitions in which crystalline solids undergo structural changes present an interesting problem in the interplay between the crystal structure and the ordering process. This text, intended for readers with some prior knowledge of condensed-matter physics, emphasizes the basic physics behind such spontaneous structural changes in crystals. Starting with the relevant thermodynamic principles, the book discusses the nature of order variables and their collective motion in a crystal lattice; in a structural phase transition a singularity in such a collective mode is responsible for the lattice instability, as revealed by soft phonons. This mechanism is analogous to the interplay of a charge-density wave and a periodically deformed lattice in low-dimensional conductors. The text also describes experimental methods for modulated crystal structures and gives examples of structural changes in representative systems. The book is divided into two parts. The first, theoretical, part includes such topics as: the Landau theory of phase transitions; statistics, correlations and the mean-field approximation; pseudospins and their collective modes; soft lattice modes and pseudospin condensates; lattice imperfections and their role in the phase transitions of real crystals. The second part discusses experimental studies of modulated crystals using x-ray diffraction, neutron inelastic scattering, light scattering, dielectric measurements, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Author : A. D. Bruce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Phase Transitions written by A. D. Bruce and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : K. Motizuki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400945760
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Phase Transitions in Layered Transition Metal Compounds written by K. Motizuki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structural phase transition is one of the most fundamental problems in solid state physics. Layered transition-metal dichalcogenides provide us with a most exciting area for the study of structural phase transitions that are associated with the charge density wave (CDW). A large variety of structural phase transitions, such as commensurate and incommensurate transitions, and the physical proper ties related to the formation of a CDW, have been an object of intense study made for many years by methods employing modem microscopic techniques. Rather recently, efforts have been devoted to the theoretical understanding of these experimental results. Thus, McMillan, for example, has developed an elegant phenomenological theory on the basis of the Landau free energy expansion. An extension of McMillan's theory has provided a successful understanding of the successive phase transitions observed in the IT- and 2H-compounds. In addition, a microscopic theory of lattice instability, lattice dynamics, and lattice distortion in the CDW state of the transition-metal dichalcogenides has been developed based on their electronic structures. As a result, the driving force of the CDW formation in the IT- and 2H-compounds has become clear. Furthermore, the effect of lattice fluctuations on the CDW transition and on the anomalous behavior of various physical properties has been made clear microscopically.

Author : K. Alex Müller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662101130
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Phase Transitions II written by K. Alex Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural Phase Transitions II, like its predecessor (Topics in Current Physics, Vol. 23), presents selected methods and recent advances in the experimental investigation of phase transitions in solids. The two chapters in this volume deal with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and with nuclear magnetic and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NMR-NQR). Both techniques are particularly sensitive to local properties. The chapter on EPR concentrates largely on the investigation of static properties, including mean-field behaviour, critical and multicritical phenomena, whilst NMR is shown to be a powerful tool for studying nonlinear dynamics, incommensurate transitions, and disordered systems. This book will serve as an excellent introduction to the methodology and applications of EPR and NMR-NQR for all those wishing to become acquainted with these important tools for studying structural phase transitions.

Author : Karl A. Müller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780387103297
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Structural Phase Transitions written by Karl A. Müller and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Armen G. Khachaturyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486783448
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory of Structural Transformations in Solids written by Armen G. Khachaturyan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of phase transformation in alloys, this text formulates significant aspects of the quantitative metallurgy of phase transformations. It further applies solid-state theoretical concepts to structure problems arising in experimental studies of real alloys. Author Armen G. Khachaturyan, Professor of Materials Science at Rutgers University, ranks among the foremost authorities on this subject. In this volume, he takes a creative approach to examining change in atomic structure and morphology caused by ordering, strain-induced ordering, strain-controlled decomposition, and strain-induced coarsening. Unifying relationships among various fields of solid-state physics are stressed throughout the book. Topics include structure changes in two-phase alloys controlled by the phase transformation elastic strain, in addition to important results in the area of microscopic elasticity regarding problems of elastic interaction in impurity atoms, and strain-induced ordering and decomposition in interstitial solutions. An excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in physical metallurgy, solid state physics, solid state chemistry, and materials science, this volume is also a valuable reference for professionals conducting research in phase transformations

Author : Pierre Tol‚dano
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810223649
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructive Phase Transitions written by Pierre Tol‚dano and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the phenomenological theory of first-order structural phase transitions, with a special emphasis on reconstructive transformations in which a group-subgroup relationship between the symmetries of the phases is absent. It starts with a unified presentation of the current approach to first-order phase transitions, using the more recent results of the Landau theory of phase transitions and of the theory of singularities. A general theory of reconstructive phase transitions is then formulated, in which the structures surrounding a transition are expressed in terms of density-waves, providing a natural definition of the transition order-parameters, and a description of the corresponding phase diagrams and relevant physical properties. The applicability of the theory is illustrated by a large number of concrete examples pertaining to the various classes of reconstructive transitions: allotropic transformations of the elements, displacive and order-disorder transformations in metals, alloys and related structures, crystal-quasicrystal transformations.

Author : V.V. Brazhkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402008252
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Kinds of Phase Transitions: Transformation in Disordered Substances written by V.V. Brazhkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-08-31 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Volga River, Russia, 24-28 May 2001