Modeling of Soft Matter

1. Front Matter

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2. An Energetic Variational Formulation with Phase Field Methods for Interfacial Dynamics of Complex Fluids: Advantages and Challenges

   • James J. Feng, Chun Liu, Jie Shen, Pengtao Yue

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3. Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Nematic Liquids

   • Chii J. Chan, Eugene M. Terentjev

   Pages 27-84

4. Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of Nematic Polymer Nano-Composite Film Properties

   • M. Gregory Forest, Ruhai Zhou, Qi Wang, Xiaoyu Zheng, Robert Lipton

   Pages 85-97

5. Non-Newtonian Constitutive Equations Using the Orientational Order Parameter

   • Harald Pleiner, Mario Liu, Helmut R. Brand

   Pages 99-109

6. Surface Order Forces in Nematic Liquid Crystals

   • Fulvio Bisi, Epifanio G. Virga

   Pages 111-132

7. Modelling Line Tension in Wetting

   • Riccardo Rosso

   Pages 133-168

8. Variational Problems and Modeling of Ferroelectricity in Chiral Smectic C Liquid Crystals

   • Jinhae Park, M. Carme Calderer

   Pages 169-188

9. Stripe-Domains in Nematic Elastomers: OLD and New

   • Antonio Desimone, Georg Dolzmann

   Pages 189-203

10. Numerical Simulation for the Mesoscale Deformation of Disordered Reinforced Elastomers

    • Didier Long, Paul Sotta

    Pages 205-233

11. Stress Transmission and Isostatic States of Non-Rigid Particulate Systems

    • Raphael Blumenfeld

    Pages 235-246

12. Back Matter

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This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications MODELING OF SOFT MATTER contains papers presented at a very successful workshop with the same ti­ tle. The event, which was held on September 27-October 1, 2004, was an integral part of the 2004-2005 IMA Thematic Year on "Mathematics of Ma­ terials and Macromolecules: Multiple Scales, Disorder, and Singularities. " We would like to thank Maria-Carme T. Calderer (School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota) and Eugene M. Terentjev (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) for their superb role as workshop organizers and editors of the proceedings. We take this opportunity to thank the National Science Foundation for its support of the IMA. Series Editors Douglas N. Arnold, Director of the IMA Arnd Scheel, Deputy Director of the IMA PREFACE The physics of soft matter in particular, focusing on such materials as complex fluids, liquid crystals, elastomers, soft ferroelectrics, foams, gels and particulate systems is an area of intense interest and contemporary study. Soft matter plays a role in a wide variety of important processes and application, as well as in living systems. For example, gel swelling is an essential part of many biological processes such as motility mecha­ nisms in bacteria and the transport and absorption of drugs. Ferroelectrics, liquid crystals, and elastomers are being used to design ever faster switch­ ing devices. Experiments of the last decade have provided a great deal of detailed information on structures and properties of soft matter.

• Helium-Atom-Streuung
• STATISTICA
• complex fluid
• mathematical modeling
• soft matter

• School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, USA

  Maria-Carme T. Calderer

• Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge

  Eugene M. Terentjev

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