Ferroelectric Phenomena in Crystals

This book was first published in Russian in 1983. The first edition was translated into Spanish and Japanese. The second Russian edition, published in 1995, has now been translated into English. The English edition was enlarged, improved and supplemented by the authors themselves. The book became more contemporary, some chapters were completely rewritten, and a lot of improvements and additions were made.

First English edition of a well-known Russian textbook, enlarged, improved, and supplemented. The current understanding of the physical nature of ferroelectric phenomena is presented in a consistent and logical form using both phenomenological and microscopic approaches.

Inhalt
General Characteristics of Structural Phase Transitions in Crystals; Phenomenological Theory of Second-Order Structural Transitions in Crystals; Proper Ferroelectrics: Anomalies of Physical Properties in Phase Transitions; Dielectric Anomalies in Structural Nonferroelectric and Improper Ferroelectric Phase Transitions; Anomalies of Elastic and Electromechanical Characteristics of Crystals in Second-Order Phase Transitions; Fluctuations of the Order Parameter in Phenomenological Theory; Structural Phase Transitions in the Single-Ion Model; Statistical Theory of Ferroelectric Phase Transitions of the Order-Disorder Type; Dynamics of Displacive and Order-Disorder Phase Transitions; Domain Structure and Defects; Ferroelectrics with an Incommensurate Phase; Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals; Crystallochemical Aspects of the Theory of Ferroelectric Phenomena; Recommended Literature