Title: Editorial: Mechanics of soft materials, structures and systems
Abstract:The concept of soft matter was first introduced by P.G.de Gennes in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Physics Prize in 1991.In mechanics community,however,people usually prefer using soft material i...The concept of soft matter was first introduced by P.G.de Gennes in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Physics Prize in 1991.In mechanics community,however,people usually prefer using soft material instead of soft matter to describe the material whose energy associated with thermal motion is comparative to the interaction energy.Unlike in the conventional con densed matter,entropy plays an important and even determinative role in soft materials.This particular characteristic of soft material gives birth to very complex and kaleidoscopic systems,such as liquid crystals,polymers,colloids,granular materials,and biological systems.Soft materials have many vagarious properties,including strong reaction to weak stimulus,nonlinear response,self-assembly,to name a few,which fully embody the complexities and particularities in multi-scale compositions,structures and interactions.The luxuriant multi-discipline nature and wide applications of soft materials have successfully intrigued both scientists and engineers worldwide.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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