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Mesoscopic Phenomena in Multifunctional Materials

Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications

  • Covers multiferroic materials
  • Explains mesoscale physics of materials
  • Written for researchers and graduate students
  • All the authors are renowned international experts with an in-depth knowledge of the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 198)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Nanoscale Characterization of Multiferroic Materials

    • Jan Seidel, Ramamoorthy Ramesh
    Pages 1-21
  3. Nanoscale Phase Transformations in Functional Materials

    • T. Waitz, W. Schranz, A. Tröster
    Pages 23-56
  4. Thermodynamics of Multiferroic Materials

    • Teresa Castán, Antoni Planes, Avadh Saxena
    Pages 73-108
  5. Imaging of Domains and Vortices in Multifunctional Materials

    • Charudatta Phatak, Marc De Graef
    Pages 137-158
  6. Glassy Phenomena in Relaxor Ferroelectrics

    • Wolfgang Kleemann
    Pages 249-269
  7. Strain Glass as a Novel Multi-functional Material

    • Yu Wang, Dong Wang, Yumei Zhou, Jian Zhang, Dezhen Xue, Xiaobing Ren
    Pages 271-288
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 309-316

About this book

A highly coveted objective of modern materials science is to optimize multiple coupled functionalities in the same single phase material and control the cross-response via multiple external fields. One important example of such multi-functionality are multiferroic materials where two or more ferroic properties are intrinsically coupled. They include, among others, the magneto-electric and magneto-structural materials, which are well understood at the nano- and continuum length (and time) scales. The next emerging frontier is to connect these two limiting scales by probing the mesoscale physics of these materials.

This book not only attempts to provide this connection but also presents the state-of-the art of the present understanding and potential applications of many related complex multifunctional materials. The main emphasis is on the multiscale bridging of their properties with the aim to discover novel properties and applications in the context of materials by design. This interdisciplinary book serves both graduate students and expert researchers alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA

    Avadh Saxena

  • Estructura i Constitutents de la Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Antoni Planes

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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