Ferrroelectric phase transitions and the Ising model
The Ising model has been an important theoretical tool in the understanding of phase transitions in ferroelectric materials. We first review how it relates to the underlying physics of order-disorder phase transitions in these systems, as well as mean-field results for the spontaneous polarization and the dielectric constant near the critical temperature. For hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics, a term of interaction with an external transverse field is necessary to account for proton tunneling between the two minima of a double-well potential. Finally, we discuss both experimental and theoretical results for the problems of proton-lattice interactions, central peak dynamics, dynamical behavior of pseudo-one-dimensional ferroelectrics and pressure effects on hydrogen bonded ferroelectrics.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Física
2000
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332000000400027 |
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