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Order Out of Disorder

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Beyond the Crystalline State

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This chapter is concerned with the emergence of order out of disorder, and specifically with symmetry breaking in phase transitions in the framework of the Landau theory [3.1, 2].

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  1. ANURAG, Defence Research & Development Organisation, RCI PO, 500 269, Hyderabad, India

    Dr. Ganesan Venkataraman

  2. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, 603 102, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

    Dr. Debendranath Sahoo

  3. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 600 036, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

    Dr. Venkataraman Balakrishnan

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Venkataraman, G., Sahoo, D., Balakrishnan, V. (1989). Order Out of Disorder. In: Beyond the Crystalline State. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 84. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83434-9_3

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