“…Just focusing on inorganic ionic crystals (with inorganic oxides as main category), the solid-solid transitions take place between two different crystalline forms of a unique compound and, from the thermodynamic standpoint, solid-solid phase transitions are associated with their single robust transition temperature: T0, at which both the crystalline forms coexist in equilibrium [2]. Whether 1 st order or 2 nd order, or with a displacive or order-disorder mechanism, the reversible solid-solid phase transitions are the most studied ; reversible phase transitions can imply besides the structural transformation some huge changes in terms of magnetic [3], optical [4], transport (ionic, electronic) [5] or catalytic properties [6]. Reversible phase transition can thus be used in smart/active materials, as for example the metal-insulator phase transition of vanadium dioxide, which is accompanied by a radical change of its transparency in the infrared, is extensively studied for smart window applications [7][8][9][10][11].…”