Topics Covered

Electric  Properties: Polarization, electrical conductivity and dielectric losses. Pyroelectric phenomena . piezoelectric effect and electrostriction. Domain structure and peculiarities electric properties  of ferroelectrics and anti-ferroelectrics. Structure and properties of some ferroelectrics and anti-ferroelectrics. Phase transition in ferroelectrics, fundamentals of spontaneous polarization theory. Magnetic Properties: Disordered magnetics, ordered magnetics. Domain structure of ferromagnetic crystals and magnetization processes. Anisotropy of ferroelectric crystals. Structure of some magnetically ordered crystals and reorientation transition. Piezomagnetic and magnetoelectric effect.