Although the bibliography contains over 900 entries, there are inevitably some important
references that I have missed. Furthermore, with a few exceptions, the bibliography does not …

The search for improved piezoelectric materials is based on the morphotropic phase
boundaries (MPB) between ferroelectric phases with different crystal symmetry and …

Spontaneous strains for the alpha<--> beta transition in quartz were determined from lattice
parameter data collected by X-ray powder diffraction and neutron powder diffraction over the …

Landau theory has been used to develop expressions for the elastic anomalies that
accompany octahedral tilting transitions in perovskites that are associated with the M and R …

Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy has been used to characterize elastic softening and
anelastic dissipation processes associated with the transition in single crystal and ceramic …

Elastic softening in the paraelastic phases of Ba 1− x Sr x TiO 3 is largest near the transition
temperatures and decreases on heating smoothly over extended temperature ranges …

Elastic and anelastic behaviour of single crystal and ceramic samples of Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)
O 3 has been investigated at frequencies of∼ 0.1–1.2 MHz through the temperature interval …

The structural evolution of Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3 (PMN) has been reviewed in terms of
characteristic temperatures, length scales and timescales, with a view to considering the …

Following the proposal by Müller, Berlinger and Tosatti on a possible coherent quantum
regime in SrTiO 3 below 40 K we have performed elastic measurements to look for possible …

The elastic and anelastic properties of three different samples of Fe x O have been
determined in the frequency range 0.1–2 MHz by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and in …