TOC Front Cover 2 Solid State Physics, Volume 4 5 Copyright Page 6 Contributors to Volume 4 7 Preface 9 Contents 11 Contents of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 13 Articles Planned for Future Volumes 15 Chapter 1. Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics 17 I. Introduction 21 II. The Phenomenological Behavior of Ferroelectrics: Experimental 27 III. Thermodynamic Theory of Ferroelectric Crystals 84 IV. Optical Properties of Ferroelectrics in the Visible Range 104 V. Domain Structure and Hysteresis 113 VI. Thermodynamic Behavior of Antiferroelectrics: Experimental 140 Front Cover 2 Solid State Physics, Volume 4 5 Copyright Page 6 Contributors to Volume 4 7 Preface 9 Contents 11 Contents of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 13 Articles Planned for Future Volumes 15 Chapter 1. Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics 17 I. Introduction 21 II. The Phenomenological Behavior of Ferroelectrics: Experimental 27 III. Thermodynamic Theory of Ferroelectric Crystals 84 IV. Optical Properties of Ferroelectrics in the Visible Range 104 V. Domain Structure and Hysteresis 113 VI. Thermodynamic Behavior of Antiferroelectrics: Experimental 140 VII. Thermodynamic Theory of Antiferroelectrics 157 VIII. Some Optical Properties of Antiferroelectrics 161 IX. Antiferroelectric Domains 163 X. The Static and Dynamic Structure of Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Crystals 164 XI. Isotope Effects 189 XII. Ferroelectricity and Antiferroelectricity of Solid Solutions 191 XIII. Molecular Models 196 Chapter 2. Theory of Mobility of Electrons in Solids 215 I. Introduction 216 II. Statistics of Free Electrons 219 III. Boltzmann Equation 230 IV. Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for Nonspherical Energy Surfaces and Anisotropic Relaxation Times 287 V. Scattering Mechanisms 303 VI. Effects Arising from Lack of Thermal Equilibrium 373 Chapter 3. The Orthogonalized Plane-Wave Method 383 I. Description of the Method 383 II. Survey of Some Applications of the Method 394 III. Example: The Method Applied to Silicon Crystal 400 Chapter 4. Bibliography of Atomic Wave Functions 429 I. Introduction 429 II. Alphabetical List of Atoms and Ions 432 Chapter 5. Techniques of Zone Melting and Crystal Growing 439 I. Introduction 440 II. The Distribution Coefficient and Normal Freezing 442 III. Principles of Zone Refining 453 IV. Practice of Zone Refining 472 V. Zone Leveling 484 VI. Methods of Perturbing the Concentration 488 VII. Temperature-Gradient Zone Melting 509 VIII. Crystal Growth and Dislocations 515 Author Index 538 Subject Index 549 Show more