Phase Transitions and Stability

First-Order Phase Transitions in Semiconductors

Second-Order Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions

Temperature-Driven Structural Phase Transitions

Electronic Phase Transitions (Mott, Peierls)

Martensitic Transformations in Semiconductors

Phase Stability in Ternary and Quaternary Semiconductors

Metastable Phases and Kinetic Trapping

Phase Transitions in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Transitions

Order-Disorder Transitions

Glass Transitions in Amorphous Semiconductors