Large elastic nonlinearities can lead to elastic hysteresis behavior, which defines
ferroelasticity in analogy to its sister ferroics: ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses vibrational properties of shape-memory alloys.
The crystal structure of a given material depends on its energy and also its entropy, which …

With much excitement and great enthusiasm I introduce this thorough treatise on the major
aspects of domain and domain wall phenomena in ferroics, mostly ferroelectrics, a major …

Defying the conventional wisdom regarding first-order transitions, solid-solid displacive
transformations are often accompanied by pronounced pretransitional phenomena …

Many displacive solid-solid transformations, despite being first order, show pronounced
precursor effects, such as the mesoscopic, micron-scale,''tweed''pattern seen in shape …

Twin wall related diffuse scattering intensities from a single crystal of LaAlO 3 were
determined using high-resolution x-ray diffraction methods. Rocking curves were measured …

* A special volume devoted principally to therole of the late Sir Charles Oatley in the
development of the scanning electron microscopeings* It contains historical articles and …

LaAlO3 crystals have been investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), high-
precision X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and scanning force microscopy (SFM). The DSC …

In this chapter, the basic concepts and definitions of twinning, as well as the morphological,
genetic and lattice classifications of twins, are presented. Furthermore, twin boundaries are …

Landau-type theories describe the observed behaviour of phase transitions in ferroelastic
and co-elastic minerals and materials with a high degree of accuracy. In this review, the …