Thermodynamics of Crystalline States

• Main Author: Fujimoto, Minoru. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Thermodynamics.; Crystallography.; Solid State Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5085-6

Thermodynamics is a well-established discipline of physics for properties of matter in thermal equilibrium with the surroundings. Applying to crystals, however, the laws encounter undefined properties of crystal lattice, which therefore need to be determined for a clear and well-defined description...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Phonons
• The Correlation Energy and Crystal Symmetry
• Mean-Field Theories in Binary Ordering
• Pseudospin Clusters
• Critical Fluctuations
• Pseudospin Correlations
• The Soliton Theory of Long-range Order
• Soft Modes
• Experimental Studies on Critical Fluctuations
• Magnetic Crystals
• Electrons and Phonons in Metals
• Superconducting Phases
• Theories of Superconducting Transitions
• Appendix
• Index.