Polar Dielectrics and Their Applications

Jack C Burfoot and George W Taylor 1979 London: Macmillan viii + 465 pp price £20 The authors have concentrated on ferroelectrics, polar materials which undergo a spontaneous polarisation capable of modification by an electric field. The first and rather larger part of the book is a basic treatment of the electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties of these, with special attention to critical phenomena and domain and switching mechanisms.