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Recent theoretical work has led to the prediction of large spatial variation in the order parameter in an incommensurate phase when a commensurate phase is nearby. The application of pressure is an ideal variable to map out the phase diagram for the commensurate-incommensurate transition.
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Rice, T.M., Jackson, S.A., Lee, P.A. (1978). The Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transition. In: Chu, C.W., Woollam, J.A. (eds) High-Pressure and Low-Temperature Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3351-7_43
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