Ferroelastic materials / edited by Guillaume F Nataf, Blai Casals, Ekhard K H Salje.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nataf, Guillaume F., editor.

Casals, Blai, editor.

Salje, Ekhard K. H., editor.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series.

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials science.

Viscoelastic materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, [2025]

Summary:

Offering a comprehensive introduction to ferroelastic materials, this book is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students interested in the evolving science of ferroelastic materials and their role in future technologies.

Contents:

Intro

Editor biographies

Guillaume F Nataf

Blai Casals

Ekhard K H Salje

List of contributors

Chapter Introduction

Bibliography

Chapter Ferroelastic phase transitions-well-known results and new perspectives

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Some (almost) historical notes

2.3 Homogeneous strain

2.3.1 Domain states

2.3.2 Spontaneous strain

2.4 Landau theory of ferroelastic phase transitions

2.4.1 Proper ferroelastic transitions

2.4.2 Pseudo-proper ferroelastic transitions

2.4.3 Improper ferroelastic phase transitions

2.4.4 Co-elastic phase transitions

2.5 Antiferroelectrics and their relation to ferroelasticity

2.6 Inhomogeneous structures at ferroelastic phase transitions

2.6.1 Domains and domain walls

2.6.2 Precursor structures

2.7 Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter Symmetry aspects of ferroelastic domains and domain walls

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Domain structure from the symmetry perspective and an alternative definition of ferroelastic materials

3.3 Ferroelastic species

3.4 Domain pairs and compatibility planes

3.5 Symmetry of ferroelastic domain walls

3.6 Summary

Chapter Response of ferroelastic domains to an applied field

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Driving forces for ferroelastic wall motion

4.3 Crystallography of some important ferroelastic oxides

4.3.1 Perovskites

4.3.2 Crystallography of other selected ferroelastics

4.4 Mechanisms for domain wall movement

4.4.1 Hysteresis loop and domain reversal

4.4.2 The role of defects

4.5 Electrical characterization methods for domain wall movement

4.5.1 Small signal perturbations

4.5.2 Large signal perturbations

4.6 X-ray diffraction methods

4.7 Microscopy methods

4.7.1 Transmission electron microscopy

4.8 Summary

Acknowledgments.

References

Chapter Avalanches in ferroelastic materials

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Avalanche dynamics

5.2.1 Avalanches during ferroelastic phase transitions

5.2.2 Avalanches during ferroelastic switching

5.2.3 Avalanches during ferroelectric/ferroelastic switching

5.2.4 Origin of avalanches

5.2.5 Micromechanics of avalanches

5.2.6 Molecular dynamics simulations of ferroelastics

5.2.7 Crackling noise in the random field Ising model

5.3 Methods of avalanche recording

5.3.1 Acoustic emission

5.3.2 Dynamic mechanical analysis

5.3.3 Optical microscopy

5.3.4 Transmission electron microscopy

5.3.5 Atomic force microscopy

5.3.6 Displacement current

5.4 Modeling avalanche statistics

5.4.1 Poisson processes

5.4.2 Renewal processes

5.4.3 Self-excited processes

5.4.4 Statistical characterization of point processes

5.4.5 Statistical modeling of scale-free marks

5.5 Summary

Chapter Functional properties of ferroelastic domain walls

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Domain wall thickness

6.3 Wall-wall interaction

6.4 Mechanical properties

6.5 Enhanced electrical conductivity in insulating materials

6.6 Polarity in non-polar materials

6.7 Magnetism in non-magnetic materials

6.8 Control of thermal conductivity

6.9 Summary

Acknowledgements

Chapter Ferroelastic domain walls at surfaces

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Elastic fields at the twin wall-surface junction

7.3 Improper ferroelectricity at the twin wall-surface intersection

7.3.1 Theoretical description

7.3.2 Electron-based techniques to probe polarization at surfaces

7.3.3 Experimental investigations at the surface of polar domain walls

7.4 Carrier accumulation and electric conductivity at the twin wall-surface junction

7.5 Summary

Bibliography.

Chapter Martensitic materials

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Avalanche response

8.2.1 Experimental detection of acoustic emission

8.2.2 Results

8.3 Modelling

8.3.1 Deformation gradient, strain and compatibility

8.3.2 Modelling the free energy of martensites

8.3.3 Model dynamics

8.3.4 Microstructure of martensite

8.3.5 Avalanches in the Ginzburg-Landau model

8.4 Caloric effects

8.5 Summary

Chapter Ferroelastic hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Improper ferroelasticity

9.3 Evolution of ferroelastic domains

9.4 Ferroelasticity in low-dimensional HOIPs and related systems

9.5 Ferroelasticity in MAPbI3 (MA = CH3NH3+)

9.6 Summary

Chapter Applications of ferroelastic materials: past, present and future

10.1 Introduction

10.2 The material can be the machine: transduction of energy and efficient power transfer

10.3 Multifunctionality can be enabled

10.4 Tailoring the electromechanical response of ferroelectric/ferroelastic perovskites for piezoelectric applications

10.4.1 Hardening and softening in PZT

10.4.2 Pinning-dependent electrical and electromechanical responses and their role in applications

10.4.3 Conformal domain miniaturization and reduced hysteresis in PMN-PT

10.4.4 Towards lead-free piezoelectric applications

10.5 Piezo- or ferroelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT or FMUT)

10.6 Co-elastic marriage of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive layers in bonded composites

10.7 Summary

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ISBN:

0-7503-6089-5

OCLC:

1564843722