Recent Studies in Materials Science

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Jahn-Teller and Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effects in Materials Science -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Physics in the Origin of the Jahn-Teller and Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effects -- 3. Exclusive Features of the JTE and PJTE Important to Materials Scienc...
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Jahn-Teller and Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effects in Materials Science -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Physics in the Origin of the Jahn-Teller and Pseudo Jahn-Teller Effects -- 3. Exclusive Features of the JTE and PJTE Important to Materials Science: Dynamics of Local Distortions -- 4. PJTE in the Origin of Ferroelectricity -- 4.1. Local Dipolar Distortions and Order-Disorder Phase Transitions -- 4.2. Spin Implication, Multiferroicity, and Magneto-Electric Effects -- 4.3. Polar Nanoregions and Relaxor Properties -- 5. Extremely High Sensitivity of Materials with JTE or PJTE to External Perturbations -- 5.1. Flexoelectricity -- 5.2. Giant Permittivity and Electrostriction -- 6. Special Magnetic-Dielectric Bistability in Materials with the JTE and PJTE -- 7. Manipulation of Structure and Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems Employing the PJTE -- 7.1. Introduction to the Problem -- 7.2. Revealing the Excited States and PJTE Parameters that Produce the Planar Instability of 2D Systems -- 7.3. Flattening Puckered (Buckled) 2D and Quasi-2D Systems by Suppressing the PJTE -- 7.3.1. Triple-Decker Sandwich Structures CpMoE6MoCp (E = P, As, Sb -- Cp = C5H5) -- 7.3.2. Tetra-Heterocyclic 1,2-Diazetes C2N2E4, E = H, F, Cl, Br -- 7.3.3. 2D-Silicene -- 7.3.4. 2D-Phosphorene -- 7.3.5. 2D-Germanene -- 7.3.6. Dithiine, Thiantrene, and Anthracene -- 7.3.7. Triazine-Based 2D-Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 2 -- Convective Effects and Traveling Waves in Transparent Oxide Materials Processed with the Floating Zone Technique -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mathematical Models -- 2.1. Governing Equations -- 2.2. Geometrical Models of the FZ Technique -- 3. The Liquid Bridge -- 3.1. Pure Thermocapillary Flow -- 3.2. Thermogravitational Flow. Ausführliche Beschreibung