ABSTRACT

Ferroic materials are important, not only because of the improved understanding of condensed matter, but also because of their present and potential device applications. This book presents a unified description of ferroic materials at an introductory level, with the unifying factor being the occurrence of nondisruptive phase transitions in crystals

part |2 pages

Part A: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

chapter 1|26 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|44 pages

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

chapter 3|30 pages

CRYSTAL PHYSICS

chapter 4|20 pages

CRYSTALS AND THE WAVEVECTOR SPACE

chapter 5|66 pages

PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CRYSTALS

chapter 7|54 pages

DOMAINS

chapter 8|26 pages

DOMAIN WALLS

part |2 pages

Part B: CLASSES OF FERROICS, MICROSTRUCTURE, NANOSTRUCTURE, APPLICATIONS

chapter 9|50 pages

FERROMAGNETIC CRYSTALS

chapter 10|70 pages

FERROELECTRIC CRYSTALS

chapter 11|66 pages

FERROELASTIC CRYSTALS

chapter 12|16 pages

SECONDARY AND HIGHER-ORDER FERROICS

chapter 13|28 pages

POLYCRYSTAL FERROICS AND COMPOSITE FERROICS

chapter 14|38 pages

APPLICATIONS OF FERROIC MATERIALS

chapter 15|4 pages

EPILOGUE