Publisher's Synopsis
Ferroelastic materials are materials that exhibit a spontaneous strain in response to a stress-induced phase change. The materials can be observed with an optical microscope to get a better understanding of their history, because the size and orientation of the different microstructures give indications of the temperatures and stress that they previously experienced. Ferroelastic materials have a wide range of applications in earth sciences, engineering, materials science and chemistry. This reference text will provide a comprehensive overview of the field of ferroelastic materials.
Key Features:
- First book to cover experimental and theoretical results in ferroelastics since 1991
- Offers a comprehensive overview of the field of ferroelastic materials
- Provides a new description of the behaviour of domain walls under an applied field: avalanches
- Covers the most up to date research on functionality of domain walls in ferroelastic materials
- Provides a perspective on the importance of ferroelasticity to understand some properties of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites
- Includes videos showing ferroelastic domains moving under the application of an external field
