H. Haken, Synergetics, An Introduction, Springer-Verlag. Haken was among the first to highlight the importance and ubiquity of phase transitions in electronics, optics, economics, and sociology.
Phase Transitions: Ricard Sole, PDF A Haken-style broad analysis of systems involving phase transition.
The Many Phases of Matter, G. Venkataraman, University Press. Connections symmetry breaking and phase transition
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, S. H. Strogatz Phase transition in time, connects to catastrophe theory
Response and Stability, A. B. Pippard, PDF A highly readable book that uses classical electronic components to create remarkably complex phase transition systems.
A nice paper that connects hysteresis, avalanche, and critical phenomena PDF
Statistical Mechanics, Kinetic Theory, and Stochastic Processes C. V. Heer
Noise in nonlinear dynamic systems Volume 1, Frank Moss & P. V. E. McClintock
Noise in nonlinear dynamic systems Volume 2, Frank Moss & P. V. E. McClintock
Perspectives, Review Articles, and Books on Ferroelectrics
Foundations of Nanomechanics, From solid state theory to device applications, Andrew N. Clelan
Mechanics of Materials, R. C. Hibbler
Linear Control Systems: Analysis and Design by J.J. D'Azzo and C.H. Houpis, discusses Lagrange's method of unified electrical, chemical, mechanical systems represented by circuit elements
H. Stone, "A Logic in Memory Computer", IEEE Trans. on Computers, 1970. (One of the first papers)
A. M. Peskin, "A Logic-in-Memory Architecture for LSI Circuits", IEEE Trans. on Computers, 1972.
S. Matsunaga et al. MTJ-based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory Circuits: Future Prospects and Issues, EDAA, 2009.
T. Hanyu, "Challenges of MTJ/MOS-Hybrid Logic-in-Memory Architecture", p. 117, 2013.
A logic-in-memory Architecture for Large Scale Integrated Circuits, Q. Zhu et al. IEEE Int. Conf. Appl.-Specific Systems, p. 125, 2012.
Other Systems that Rely on Phase Transition
Solar Cells: Annealing Dependent Performance of Organic Solar Cells PDF
Population biology: A series of papers on population biology by Jeff Gore PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4
Reaction-diffusion model demonstrates spatial phase transition (self organization), just as the Landau theory relies on transition in energy
Key papers are: A. M. Turing, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol Sci. 237, 37, 1952. S. Kondo and T. Mirura, Science, 329, 1616, 2010; A related theory based on graded Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) signaling (spatiotemporal morphogen gradient, R. Zeller et al., Nat. Rev. Genet. 10, 845, 2009.) also explains self-organization.
Phase Transitions: Ricard Sole, Princeton University Press(2011-08-14)Book