Open AccessA PHENOMENOLOGICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION
Author(s) -
Ai Shu-Tao,
Chunlei Wang,
W. L. Zhong,
Peilin Zhang
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.50.910
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , phase transition , condensed matter physics , materials science , ferroics , phenomenological model , thermodynamics , first order , entropy production , phase (matter) , quantum phase transition , physics , quantum critical point , quantum mechanics , dielectric , mathematics , optoelectronics
The irreversibility of ferroelectric phase transition has been studied by using irreversible thermodynamics.Heat stagnation of the first-order ferroelectric phase transition and polydomain configuration of ferroelectrics can be explained on the basis of the principle of minimum entropy production.A conclusion has been derived that the heat stagnation is not an intrinsic property of a system in which a first-order ferroelectric phase transition arises.The finiteness of the system's surface is connected with the heat stagnation.