软物质力学进展（英文版）

　　作为软物质物理学的一个重要分支，近年来软物质力学的研究取得了重大的发展。本书即是从力学的角度系统总结了软物质物理学的最新进展，深入介绍了软物质力学研究的新方法，包括多尺度胶体计算力学、熵弹性理论、无网格模拟液晶聚合物、DNA模拟计算等，并从跨学科的角度出发，介绍了当前软物质力学研究领域的一些前沿课题。
　　本书的主编是美国加州大学伯克利分校的李少凡教授和南非科学院院士、开普半岛科技大学的孙博华教授。

Chapter 1  Atomistic to Continuum Modeling of DNA Molecules
　1.1  Introduction
　1.2  Statistical models for DNAs -- polymer elasticity
　　1.2.1  The freely jointed chain (FJC) model
　　1.2.2  The worm-like chain (WLC) model
　　1.2.3  Beyond the entropic regime
　　1.2.4  Long-range electrostatic effects
　 1.3  Atomistic modeling of DNA molecules
　　1.3.1  MD basic theory
　　1.3.2  Force fields for nucleic acids
　　1.3.3  Limitations and challenges
　　1.3.4  MD simulation of DNA stretching
　 1.4  Continuum DNA models
　　1.4.1  Kirchhoff's elastic Rod model for DNAs
　　1.4.2  Finite element (FE) analysis, of DNAs
　　1.4.3  Director field method for modeling of DNA viral packaging
　1.5  Multiscale homogenization for simulation of DNA
　　molecules
　　1.5.1  Basics of multiscale wavelet projection method
　　1.5.2  First-level homogenization-- wavelet-based coarse-grained DNA model 
　　1.5.3  Second-level homogenization-- hyperelastic beam formulation for DNA
　　1.5.4  Applications
　1.6  Conclusion
    Appendix: Wavelet and decomposition coefficients for linear spline function
    References
Chapter 2  Computational Contact Formulations for Soft　Body Adhesion
Chapter 3  Soft Matter Modeling of Biological Cells.
Chapter 4  Modeling the Mechanics of Semiflexible Biopoly- mer Networks: Non-afIine Deformation and Presence of Long-range Correlations
Chapter 5  Atomic Scale Monte-Carlo Studies of Entropic Elasticity Properties of Polymer Chain Molecules
Chapter 6  Continuum Models of Stimuli-responsive gels
Chapter 7  Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures
Chapter 8  Micromechanical Modeling of Three- dimensional Open-cell Foams
Chapter 9  Capillary Adhesion of Micro-beams and Plates: A Review
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