Ferroelasticity

Bratkovsky et al., 1996

Background

Set

As T approaches the transition temperature, the shear modulus goes to zero and the material loses strength.

Salje, 2000

Characteristic hysteresis of ferroelastic materials

Yamada et al., 1992

Spontaneous strain due to phase transitions

Yamada et al., 1992

Two possible phase transitions which leadto the twin patterns of ferroelastic materials

Nakayama et al., 1985

Extinction angles of two domains in a ferroelastic crystal

Bratkovsky et al., 1996

Tweed texture common in ferroelastic phase transitions

Salje, 2000

Evolution of domain structures with time

Salje, 2000

X-ray diffraction pattern for a twin wall

Mathematical Description of the Ferroelastic Material using Landau Theory

Locherer et al., 1996

Chrosch et al., 1999

Chrosch et al., 1999

Chrosch et al., 1999

Bismayer et al., 1997

Experimental results compared with theory

Applications

• Ferroelastic materials could be useful for nanotechnology.

• The behavior of natural minerals could be greatly influenced by their ferroelastic microstructures.

Nanotechnology

Aird et al., 1998

Geologic Impacts

Salje et al., 1998

Salje et al., 1998

Conclusions

• The domain walls formed during ferroelastic phase transitions exhibit much different properties than the domains that they separate.

• The properties of domains and their walls could be very useful in mineral physics and mineralogy research.

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Bismayer, U., Rower, R.W., Morgenroth, W., Guttler, B., 1997, Solid State Ionics, 101-103, 585.

Bratkovsky, A.M., Heine, V., Salje, E.K.H., 1996, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 354, 2875.

Chrosch, J., and Salje E.K.H., 1999, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 722.

Locherer, K., Hayward, S., Hirst, P., Chrosch, J., Yeadon, M., Abell, J.S., and Salje, E.K.H., 1996, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., 354, 2815.

Nakayama, H., Ishii, K., Chijiwa, E., Wada, M., Sawada, A., 1985, Solid State Commun., 55, 59.

Salje, E.K.H., Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, A.B., Ishibashi, Y., Buckley, A., Nord, G.L., 1998, Am. Min, 83, 811.

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Yamada, Y., and Uesu, Y., 1992, Solid State Commun., 81, 777.

Phase Transitions in Ferroelastic and Co-elastic Crystals By E. K. Salje,

Andrew Putnis, Robert C. Liebermann, Michael F. Hochella Jr

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