Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics

"AdvancesinSoftMatterMechanics"isacompilationandselectionofrecentworksinsoftmattermechanicsbyagroupofactiveresearchersinthefield.Themainobjectivesofthisbookarefirsttodisseminatethelatestdevelopmentsinsoftmattermechanicsinthefieldofappliedandcomputationalmechanics,andsecondtointroducesoftmattermechanicsasasub-disciplineofsoftmatterphysics.Asanimportantbranchofsoftmatterphysics,softmattermechanicshasdevelopedrapidlyinrecentyears.Anumberofthenovelapproachesdiscussedinthisbookareunique,suchasthecoarsegrainedfiniteelementmethodformodelingcolloidaladhesion,entropicelasticity,meshfreesimulationsofliquidcrystalelastomers,simulationsofDNA,etc.Thisbookisintendedforresearchersandgraduatestudentsinthefieldofmechanics,condensedmatterphysicsandbiomaterials.Dr.ShaofanLiisaprofessoroftheUniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley,U.S.A;and,Dr.BohuaSunisaprofessorofCapePeninsulaUniversityofTechnology,SouthAfrica.