Landau-type theories describe the observed behaviour of phase transitions in ferroelastic
and co-elastic minerals and materials with a high degree of accuracy. In this review, the …

The elasticity of minerals is central to our understanding of the structure and properties of the
Earth, and other planets. In the last half-century, and in particular within the last 15 years …

We have studied the electrocaloric response of the archetypal antiferroelectric PbZr O 3 as a
function of voltage and temperature in the vicinity of its antiferroelectric-paraelectric phase …

The quite recent, yet quickly expanding, norbornene-levoglucosenone-based monomer
family was extended to include a novel bi-functional methacrylate monomer that can be …

The low-frequency mechanical properties of single crystal LaAlO3 have been investigated
as a function of temperature, frequency and applied force using the technique of dynamical …

The current paper gives an overview of the newly obtained thermal expansion coefficients of
skutterudites as well as those so far available in literature. Thermal expansion was …

The dynamic response of ferroelastic twins to an alternating stress has been studied in situ
at high temperature using a stroboscopic x-ray diffractometer and combined dynamical …

The low-frequency mechanical properties of polycrystalline Ca1− x Sr x TiO3 (0.5≤ x≤ 0.9)
have been investigated as a function of temperature and bulk composition using the …

Polymer–nanoparticle composites (PNCs) play an increasing role in technology. Inorganic
or organic nanoparticles are usually incorporated into a polymer matrix to improve material …

The nature of phase transitions in natural and synthetic proustite, Ag 3 AsS 3, has been
studied in darkness above 300 K and compared with its natural counterpart pyrargyrite, Ag 3 …