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  • Front Cover; Phase Transitions
  • 1973; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. APPLICATIONS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE; Metastable Phases; Physical Properties Near Tc; Physical Properties at Tc; References; CHAPTER 2. A SYNCRETIST CLASSIFICATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; Introduction: Historical Overview; Some Existing Confusion and Controversy; Some Definitions; Acknowledgement; References; CHAPTER 3. PHASE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPTICALLY DISTINGUISHABLE STATES AND SOME POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; Introduction; Indices of Refraction in Different Phases of Matter.
  • Unique Properties Influencing Applications of Phase TransitionsTypes of Optically Distinquishable Phase Transitions; Phase Transitions. Optical Harmonic Generation, and Acentricitv; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 4. PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS; Introduction; General Remarks; Textures; Effect of Electric Fields; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 5. ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLED SECONDARY PHASE IN PLZT CERAMICS; Introduction; Experimental Procedures; Experimental Results; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References.
  • CHAPTER 6. LIGHT INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS IN DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORSReferences; CHAPTER 7. OPTICAL STUDIES ON THE HIGH PRESSURE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN SILVER IODIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS; Experimental Details; Results and Discussion; References; CHAPTER 8. AROUND THE MOTT TRANSITION IN BINARY TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; References; CHAPTER 9. SELF CONSISTENT RANDOM STATIC FIELD APPROXIMATIONS IN THE ELECTRON CORRELATION PROBLEM; References; CHAPTER 10. FREE ENERGY MODEL OF HIGH TEMPERATURE TRANSITION IN Ti2O3 AND V2O3; Introduction; Experimental Situation; Previous Models and Energy Band Scheme.
  • Hartree-Fock Free Energy ModelConclusion; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 11. THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHASE DIAGRAMS WITH APPLICATIONS; References; CHAPTER 12. STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; Introduction; The Glassy State and Tg; Phase Transitions in Polymers; Phase Transitions in Metals and Alloys; Magnetic Phase Transitions; Dielectric Phase Transitions; Ferroelastic Phase Transitions; Superconducting Phase Transitions; References; CHAPTER 13. LATTICE WAVE DESCRIPTION OF METALLURGICAL PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; Introduction; The Omega Short Wavelength Displacive Transition.
  • Ternary Replacive InstabilityConclusion; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 14. NEUTRON STUDY OF THE BETA-TO-OMEGA INSTABILITY IN Zr0.80 Nb0.20; Introduction; Experimental Results; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 15. SOME SURPRISES FROM RAMAN MEASUREMENTS OF DISPLACIVE FERROELECTRICS BELOW Tc; References; CHAPTER 16. WHAT GOOD ARE SOFT MODES?; Introduction; Field Tunable Soft Mode Frequencies; Field Tunable Order-Parameter and Soft-Mode Interactions; Soft Modes and Superconductivity; References.