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* [[Hagen Kleinert|H. Kleinert]] and V. Schulte-Frohlinde, ''Critical Properties of φ<sup>4</sup>-Theories'', [http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/4733.html World Scientific (Singapore, 2001)];  Paperback ISBN 981-02-4659-5 (Read online at [http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/b8])''
* [[Hagen Kleinert|H. Kleinert]] and V. Schulte-Frohlinde, ''Critical Properties of φ<sup>4</sup>-Theories'', [http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/4733.html World Scientific (Singapore, 2001)];  Paperback ISBN 981-02-4659-5 (Read online at [http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/b8])''
[[category: phase transitions]]
[[category: phase transitions]]
*[http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3377 Ran Ni "Entropy-Driven Phase Transitions in Colloidal Systems", PhD Thesis, Utrecht University (2012)]
*[http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3377 R. Ni "Entropy-Driven Phase Transitions in Colloidal Systems", PhD Thesis, Utrecht University (2012)]

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A phase transition occurs at points on the phase diagram where the Helmholtz energy function is a singular function of the thermodynamic variables within it [1]. The following is (an incomplete) list of phase transitions. The change from one state to another is usually monitored by some sort of order parameter.

Other transitions

See also

References

Recommended reading