《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。《软物质力学进展（英文版）》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。
《软物质力学进展（英文版）》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 SoftBody Adhesion
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Continuum contact formulation
- 2.3 Finite element formulations
- 2.4 Adhesion examples
- 2.5 Peeling contact .
- 2.6 Rough surface contact
- 2.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3 Soft Matter Modeling of Biological Cells
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Soft matter modeling of cells
- 3.2.1 The future is soft
- 3.2.2 The reasons to use liquid crystal elastomers tomodel cell and focal adhesion
- 3.2.3 Elasticity of soft contact/cell adhesion and surfacematerial property sensing
- 3.2.4 Cell and ECM modeling
- 3.3 A nanoscale adhesive contact model
- 3.4 Meshfree Galerkin formulation and the computationalalgorithm
- 3.5 Numerical simulations
- 3.5，1 Validation of the material models
- 3.5.2 Endothelial cell simulations
- 3.5.3 Stem cell simulations
- 3.6 Discussion and conclusionsReferences
- Chapter 4 Modeling the Mechanics of Semifiexible Biopolymer Networks： Non-affine Deformation andPresence of Long-range Correlations
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Network representation and generation
- 4.3 Affine vs. non-affine deformation
- 4.4 Network microstructure： scaling properties of the fiberdensity function
- 4.5 Network elasticity： the equivalent continuum and itselastic moduli
- 4.6 Boundary value problems on dense fiber network domains .
- 4.6.1 Background： affine and non-affine theories
- 4.6.2Karhunen-Loeve decomposition
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- 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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