Landau, Ginzburg, Devonshire and others

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Levanyuk, Arkady P. and Mısırlıoğlu, Burç and Baris Okatan, M. (2020) Landau, Ginzburg, Devonshire and others. Ferroelectrics, 569 (1). pp. 310-323. ISSN 0015-0193 (Print) 1563-5112 (Online)

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Abstract

Macroscopic modeling of ferroelectric properties refers usually to Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory. This paper questions the meaningfulness of this term, discussing contributions of the three authors in the title to what is supposed to be a theory. The limitations of every contribution are analysed. In the main text and, to more extent in the Supplementary Material, the Landau theory is presented from an unusual perspective starting from simple mechanical models of spontaneous symmetry breaking and finishing by the Ising model. The aim of the presentation is to emphasize along with the qualitative breakthroughs the approximate character of macroscopic modeling associated with the above three authors.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Landau theory; order parameter; Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Depositing User: Burç Mısırlıoğlu
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2023 19:08
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2023 19:08
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/46965

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