The Physics of Structural Phase Transitions
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Springer Verlag
- Publish date: 02/01/1997
Description:
This graduate-level reference emphasizes the basic physics behind spontaneous structural changes in crystals. Starting with relevant thermodynamic principles, the book discusses the nature of order variables and their collective motion, leading to a treatment of lattice instability with soft-photon coupling. The book also describes experimental methods for modulated crystal structures, and examples of phase transitions in representative crystalline systems.
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