and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another...
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quantum phase transition (QPT) is a phase transition between different quantum phases (phases of matter at zero temperature). Contrary to classical phase transitions...
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a two-step phase transition ― a solid-to-gas transition (sublimation in a more precise definition) followed by a gas-to-solid transition (deposition)...
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properties of a material through its glass transition, the transition is not considered a phase transition; rather it is a phenomenon extending over a...
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In quantum gravity, the Hawking–Page phase transition is phase transition between AdS black holes with radiation and thermal AdS. Stephen Hawking and Don...
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Liquid crystal (redirect from Nematic phase)
Thermotropic LCs exhibit a phase transition into the LC phase as temperature changes. Lyotropic LCs exhibit phase transitions as a function of both temperature...
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existence of a proton-ordered ferroelectric phase. However, they could not conclusively prove that a phase transition had taken place, and Onsager pointed out...
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In physics, Landau–de Gennes theory describes the NI transition, i.e., phase transition between nematic liquid crystals and isotropic liquids, which is...
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Topological order (redirect from Topological phase transition)
long range entanglements) cannot change into each other without a phase transition. Various topologically ordered states have interesting properties,...
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Critical point (thermodynamics) (category Phase transitions)
matter that is continuously connected with (can be transformed without phase transition into) both the liquid and the gaseous state. It is called supercritical...
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Landau theory (category Phase transitions)
to formulate a general theory of continuous (i.e., second-order) phase transitions. It can also be adapted to systems under externally-applied fields...
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Helfrich, W. (1978). "Defect model of the smectic A-nematic phase transition". Journal de Physique. 39 (11). EDP Sciences: 1199–1208. CiteSeerX 10.1.1...
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The G1/S transition is a stage in the cell cycle at the boundary between the G1 phase, in which the cell grows, and the S phase, during which DNA is replicated...
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Melting (category Phase transitions)
Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy...
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Superconductivity (redirect from Superconducting transition)
superconducting transition, these vortices can become frozen into a disordered but stationary phase known as a "vortex glass". Below this vortex glass transition temperature...
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Mesophase (redirect from Mesomorphic phase)
materials do not show a single transition from solid to liquid, but rather a cascade of transitions involving new phases. The mechanical properties and...
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Mott insulator (redirect from Mott transition)
Gabriel O.; Seridonio, Antonio C.; De Souza, Mariano (2020). "Griffiths-like phase close to the Mott transition". Journal of Applied Physics. 128 (22):...
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Critical opalescence (category Phase transitions)
the region of a continuous, or second-order, phase transition. Originally reported by Charles Cagniard de la Tour in 1823 in mixtures of alcohol and water...
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Kibble–Zurek mechanism (category Phase transitions)
phase transition at finite rate. It is named after Tom W. B. Kibble, who pioneered the study of domain structure formation through cosmological phase...
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A democratic transition describes a phase in a country's political system as a result of an ongoing change from an authoritarian regime to a democratic...
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Curie temperature (redirect from Ferrorelectric transition)
materials, the Curie temperature can also be used to describe the phase transition between ferroelectricity and paraelectricity. In this context, the...
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A phase-change material (PCM) is a substance which releases/absorbs sufficient energy at phase transition to provide useful heat or cooling. Generally...
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required in order for the transition from G1 phase to S phase to occur. When the cell is ready to transition into the next phase, CDKCs, cyclin D1-Cdk4 and...
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containing platinide ions, such as the Zintl phases BaPt, Ba3Pt2 and Ba2Pt, being the first (unambiguous) transition metal to do so. Darmstadtium should be...
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A Peierls transition or Peierls distortion is a distortion of the periodic lattice of a one-dimensional crystal. Atomic positions oscillate, so that the...
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The Fréedericksz transition is a phase transition in liquid crystals produced when a sufficiently strong electric or magnetic field is applied to a liquid...
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Quantum critical point (category Quantum phases)
A quantum critical point is a point in the phase diagram of a material where a continuous phase transition takes place at absolute zero. A quantum critical...
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In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates to low...
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signal transitions are a change from one electric current, voltage, or power level to another; a change from one optical power level to another; a phase shift;...
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Ising critical exponents (category Critical exponents (phase transitions))
ferromagnetic transition in the Ising model. In statistical physics, the Ising model is the simplest system exhibiting a continuous phase transition with a scalar...
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