为《Advances in Materials and Mechanics》(材料与力学进展，AMM)丛书第二本，由孙博华教授所著。“十二五”国家重点图书。本书是与Springer出版社合作出版，在国内海外同步发行。

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。

《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 and Presence 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

4.6.2 Karhunen-Loeve decomposition

4.6.3 Stochastic finite element formulation of 2D problems

 4.7 Solution of boundary value problems on dense fiber network domains

 References

Chapter 5 Atomic Scale Monte-Carlo Studies of Entropic Elasticity Properties of Polymer Chain Molecules

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Entropic elasticity of linear polymer molecules

5.2.1 Continuum limit

5.2.2 Monte- Carlo sampling

 5.3 Summary

 References

Chapter 6 Continuum Models of Stimuli-responsive Gels

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of neutral gels

 6.3 A simple material model for neutral gels

 6.4 Swelling of a spherical gel

 6.5 Thermodynamics of polyelectrolyte gels

 6.6 A material model for polyelectrolyte gels

 6.7 Chemical reactions and pH-sensitive gels

 6.8 Equilibrium models of polymeric gels

 6.9 Summary

 References

Chapter 7 Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 3D crystallized protein structures

 7.3 Thermomechanical properties of protein crystals

 7.4 A micromechanical model for protein crystals

 7.5 Application to tetragonal lysozyme as a protein crystal model

7.5.1 Elastic deformation in lysozyme crystals

7.5.2 Plastic deformation in lysozyme crystals

7.5.3 Anisotropic plastic yielding of lysozyme crystals

7.5.4 Orientation effect on mechanical behavior of lysozyme crystals

 References

Chapter 8 Micromechanical Modeling of Three dimensional Open-cell Foams

 8.1 Introduction

8.1.1 Unit cell models

8.1.2 Random cell models

 8.2 Micromechanics model using a tetrakaidecahedral unit cell

8.2.1 Formulation

8.2.2 Numerical results

8.2.3 Summary

 8.3 Random cell model incorporating cell shape and strut cross-sectional area irregularities

8.3.1 Analysis

8.3.2 Results and discussion

8.3.3 Summary

 References

Chapter 9 Capillary Adhesion of Micro-beams and Plates: A Review

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Capillary adhesion of micro-beams of infinitesimal deformation

 9.3 Capillary adhesion of micro-beams of finite deformation

 9.4 Hierarchical structure of micro-beams induced by capillary force

 9.5 Capillary adhesion of a plate

 9.6 Conclusions

 References

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