A New Model of Ferroelectric Phase Transition with Neglectable Tunneling Effect

Due to the obvious deviations of the existing theoretical models from the experimental results of ferroelectric phase transition, a new model is proposed on the basis of the coupling between spontaneous polarization and spontaneous strain in ferroelectrics. The spontaneous polarization and specific heat of ferroelectric phase transition predicted by the model are in better agreement with the corresponding data of triglyceride sulfate, a typical ferroelectric. In addition, the model predicts a new type of ferroelectric in which a phase transition and a phase-like transition coexist.