Ferroic glasses

• DOI: 10.1038/s41524-017-0039-6
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02T15:25:13Z
• Authors: Yuanchao Ji; Dong Wang; Yu Wang; Yumei Zhou; Dezhen Xue; Kazuhiro Otsuka; Yunzhi Wang; Xiaobing Ren
• Keywords: Crystal (programming language); Ferroics; Hysteresis

Abstract Ferroic glasses (strain glass, relaxor and cluster spin glass) refer to frozen disordered states in ferroic systems; they are conjugate the long-range ordered states—the crystals. exhibit unusual properties that absent crystals, such as slim hysteresis gradual property changes over a wide temperature range. In addition third state, glass-ferroic (i.e., composite of glass crystal), can be produced by crystallization transition glasses. It have superior not possessed its two components. These three classes materials (ferroic crystal, glass-ferroic) correspond transitions phase transition, respectively), demonstrated generic vs. defect-concentration diagram. Moreover, through constructing field model, microstructure evolution diagram reproduced, which reveals important role point defects formation glass-ferroic. The used design various glass-ferroics may properties.