Uniaxial stress studies of ferroelectric and ferroelastic phase transitions

Abstract

Measurements of the behavior of ferroelectric and ferroelastic phase transitions under uniaxial stress are relatively sparse. Reviewed here are several studies of the uniaxial stress dependence of commensurate and incommensurate transitions observed in measurements of dielectric properties, inelastic light scattering, and birefringence.

† Work at the University of Nebraska was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1970–1975, and by the Army Research Office, 1976-present.

The authors are greatly honored to have been included among those contributing to this volume, honoring our esteemed colleague, “Teru” Nakamura for his leadership in our field, and his fundamentally important studies of ferroelectric materials.