| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Basic Concepts -- Thermodynamical Principles and the Landau Theory -- Order Variables, Their Correlations and Statistics: the Mean-Field Theory -- Collective Modes of Pseudospins in Displacive Crystals and the Born-Huang Theory -- Soft Modes, Lattice Anharmonicity and Pseudospin Condensates in the Critical Region -- Dynamics of Pseudospins Condensates and the Long-Range Order -- Experimental Studies -- Diffuse X-ray Diffraction and Neutron Inelastic Scattering from Modulated Crystals -- Light Scattering and Dielectric Studies on Structural Phase Transitions -- The Spin-Hamiltonian and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- Magnetic Resonance Sampling and Nuclear Spin Relaxation Studies on Modulated Crystals -- Structural Phase Transitions in Miscellaneous Systems |
| Summary |
"Phase transitions in which crystalline solids undergo structural changes present an interesting problem in the interplay between the crystal structure and the ordering process that is typically nonlinear. Intended for readers with prior knowledge of basic condensed-matter physics, this book emphasizes the physics behind spontaneous structural changes in crystals."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Crystals.
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Lattice dynamics.
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crystal (material by form)
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Physique.
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Crystals
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Lattice dynamics
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Mudança de fase.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780387268330 |
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0387268332 |
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0387407162 |
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9780387407166 |
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0387948562 |
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9780387948560 |
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