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The Theory of Structural Phase Transitions: Cluster Walls and Phonons

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Solitons and Condensed Matter Physics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences ((SSSOL,volume 8))

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The essential problems posed by systems undergoing a structural phase transition are discussed in the context of a simple double-well potential model. The traditional conceptions of the contrasting behaviour at the model’s order-disorder and displacive limits are reviewed, and set alongside a contemporary view of the displacive system, which assigns a central role to the formation of precursor-clusters of short range order, displaying a two-time-scale, order-disorder behaviour. An assessment is made of the extent to which this view is substantiated, directly or indirectly, by dynamic and static theory (analytic, Renormalisation Group and molecular dynamics methods), by experiment (“central peaks”) and speculative analogy (precursor effects at lock-in phase transitions).

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    Alan R. Bishop B.Sc. Ph.D.

  2. IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, CH-8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    Toni Schneider

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Bruce, A.D. (1978). The Theory of Structural Phase Transitions: Cluster Walls and Phonons. In: Bishop, A.R., Schneider, T. (eds) Solitons and Condensed Matter Physics. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81291-0_12

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