Modelling of creep hysteresis in ferroelectrics

In the current paper, a macroscopic model is proposed to simulate the hysteretic dynamics of ferroelectric ceramics with creep phenomenon incorporated. The creep phenomenon in the hysteretic dynamics is attributed to the rate-dependent characteristic of the polarisation switching processes induced in the materials. A non-convex Helmholtz free energy based on Landau theory is proposed to model the switching dynamics. The governing equation of single-crystal model is formulated by applying the Euler–Lagrange equation. The polycrystalline model is obtained by combining the single crystal dynamics with a density function which is constructed to model the weighted contributions of different grains with different principle axis orientations. In addition, numerical simulations of hysteretic dynamics with creep phenomenon are presented. Comparison of the numerical results and their experimental counterparts is also presented. It is shown that the creep phenomenon is captured precisely, validating the capability of the proposed model in a range of its potential applications.     

Structural Reassignment of Two Polyenol Natural Products

Unusual polyenols that defied chemical principles were reassigned as the nucleosides, adenosine and uridine, using a combination of chemical intuition underpinned by Computer Assisted Structure Elucidation (CASE) and DFT methods.     

Organische Chemie 2002

Die enantioselektive Synthese bleibt zentrales Thema in metallorganischen, metallfreien and bioorganischen Transformationen sowie in der industriellen organischen Chemie. Glanzpunkte zielmolekülorientierter Synthesechemie waren ein Zugang zu C₆₀, die Route zum Diazonamid A und die Totalsynthese von Vinblastin. Mit „Pyrrolysin”︁ wurde die 22. proteinogene Aminosäure entdeckt. Trotz der immer höheren Zahl an Testsubstanzen besteht in der medizinischen Chemie ein Engpass an klinisch erfolgreichen Wirkstoffen.