Chapter 1 Atomistic to Continuum Modeling of DNAMolecules
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
Chapter 1 Atomistic to Continuum Modeling of DNAMolecules
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 viralpackaging
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-basedcoarse-grained DNA model
1.5.3 Second-level homogenization-- hyperelastic beamformulation for DNA
1.5.4 Applications
1.6 Conclusion
Appendix: Wavelet and decomposition coefficientsfor linear spline function
References
Chapter 2 Computational Contact Formulations for Soft BodyAdhesion
Chapter 3 Soft Matter Modeling of Biological Cells.
Chapter 4 Modeling the Mechanics of Semiflexible Biopoly- merNetworks: Non-afIine Deformation and Presence of Long-rangeCorrelations
Chapter 5 Atomic Scale Monte-Carlo Studies of EntropicElasticity Properties of Polymer Chain Molecules
Chapter 6 Continuum Models of Stimuli-responsive gels
Chapter 7 Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized ProteinStructures
Chapter 8 Micromechanical Modeling of Three- dimensionalOpen-cell Foams
Chapter 9 Capillary Adhesion of Micro-beams and Plates: AReview
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