Ferroelectricity : the fundamentals collection

Ferroelectricity The Fundamentals Collection......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
1 Foreword......Page 10
2 Selected Early Work 1921-1961......Page 14
2.1 Piezo-electric Activity of Rochelle Salt Under Various Conditions......Page 16
2.2 Rochelle Salt as a Dielectric......Page 30
2.3 A New Seignette-electric Substance......Page 35
2.4 Theoretical Model for Explaining the Ferroelectric Effect in Barium Titanate......Page 36
2.5 Theory of Barium Titanate......Page 51
2.6 The Lorentz Correction in Barium Titanate......Page 75
2.7 Phase Transitions in Solid Solutions of PbZrO3 and PbTiO3......Page 89
2.8 Dielectric Constant in Perovskite Type Crystals......Page 96
2.9 Ferroelectricity of Glycine Sulfate......Page 99
2.10 Switching Mechanism in Triglycine Sulfate and Other Ferroelectrics......Page 100
2.11 Crystal Stability and the Theory of Ferroelectricity......Page 108
3 Ferroelectrics 1966-2001: An Overview......Page 112
3.1 Introduction......Page 114
3.2 Statistical Indicators......Page 115
3.3 Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena......Page 117
3.4 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals......Page 122
3.5.1 Crystalline Films......Page 124
3.5.2 Ferroelectric Memories and Integrated Ferroelectrics......Page 125
3.5.3 Two-dimensional Ferroelectricity in Crystalline Films......Page 127
3.5.4 Freely Suspended Ferroelectric Smectic Thin Films......Page 128
3.6 Dipolar Glasses and Relaxors......Page 130
3.7 Incommensurate (IC) Systems......Page 134
4 Phase Transitions in Ferroelectrics: Some Historical and Other Remarks......Page 138
5 Theory of Ferroelectrics......Page 146
6 Ferroelectric Ceramics: History and Technology......Page 164
7 Tenth International Meeting on Ferroelectricity: IMF-10, a Jubilee Meeting......Page 188
7.1 A Touch of History......Page 190
7.2 A Wealth of Science......Page 191
7.3 A Glimpse at Spain, at Madrid and at Spanish Life and Culture......Page 193
7.4 Summary......Page 194