Statistical Physics for Biological Matter
This textbook covers a broad range of topics in statistical physics, including statistical mechanics (equilibrium and non-equilibrium), soft matter and fluid physics, for applications to biological phenomena at both cellular and macromolecular levels. Typical statistical physics courses cover ideal...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Graduate Texts in Physics,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : Biological Systems, and Physical ApproachesBring Physics to Life, Bring Life to Physics. Part A: Equilibrium Structures and Properties
- 2. Basic Concepts of Relevant Thermodynamics
- 3. Basic Methods of Equilibrium Statistical Physics
- 4. Statistical Mechanics of Fluids and Solutions
- 5. The Coarse-grained Descriptions for Biological Complexes. 6
- Water and Weak Electrostatic Interactions
- 7. Law of Chemical Forces: Transitions, Reactions and Self-assembly
- 8. Lattice and Ising Models
- 9. Response, Fluctuations, Correlations, and Scatterings
- 10. Mesoscopic model for Polymers: Flexible Chains
- 11. Mesoscopic model for Polymers: Semi-flexible Chain Model and Polyelectrolytes
- 12. Membranes and Elastic Surfaces
- 13.Brownian Motions
- 14. Stochastic Processes, Markov Chains and Master Equations
- 15. Theory of Markov Processes & The Fokker-Planck Equations
- 16. The Mean-First Passage Times and Barrier Crossing Rates.17
- Dynamic Linear Responses and Time Correlation Functions
- 18. Noise-induced Resonances: Stochastic Resonance and Resonant Activation, and Stochastic Ratchet. 19
- Transport Phenomena and Fluid Dynamics
- 20. Dynamics of Polymers and Membranes in Fluids
- 21. Epilogue.
