A ferroelectric phase transition in a system of electrically interacting small particles is considered. The size effects in a single particle are described in terms of the Landau phenomenological model. The interaction between particles is reduced to a dipole–dipole interaction. It is shown that the interparticle interaction can lead to a substantial increase in the phase transition temperature as compared to the temperature of the ferroelectric transition in a single small particle.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberA025
Pages (from-to)339-342
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics of the Solid State
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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