Since statistical physics is a tool for the study not only of disordered physical systems, but of biological systems as well, this book from MRS focuses on both. While including physical problems such as fractals, pattern formation at first-order phase transitions, and glassy dynamics, the book also focuses on problems such as the statistical mechanics of DNA and DNA replications, structuring in biological systems, and problems in 'biologically inspired physics'. Topics include: statistical mechanics of proteins; statistical mechanics of DNA; biologically inspired physics; statistical mechanics in biology; micromanipulation in physics and biology; friction and fracture; statistical mechanics in physics and granular media.

Preface
Adhesion of Soft Biological Shells Controlled by Bending Elasticity and Macromolecular Networks	p. 3
Local Viscoelasticity of Biopolymer Solutions	p. 15
Hydration of Biological Macromolecules: From Small Solutes to Proteins and Nucleic Acids	p. 21
Stretched, Twisted, Supercoiled, and Braided DNA	p. 31
Twist-Stretch Elasticity of DNA	p. 43
Uncoiling of DNA by Double Chained Cationic Surfactants	p. 49
Separation of DNA Using Ferrofluid Array Electrophoresis	p. 57
DNA End-to-End Distance Change Due to Divalent Counterion Condensation Studied by Pulse Gel Electrophoresis	p. 67
DNA Sequence Alignment and Critical Phenomena	p. 75
Flexible Membranes With Anchored Polymers	p. 81
The Structural Changes Induced by Anchored Polymers on Droplet and Bicontinuous Microemulsion	p. 87
Coherent and Incoherent Ripples in Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine	p. 97
Size Distributions of Fluid Membrane Vesicles Far From Equilibrium	p. 103
Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Polymer Loops and Their Mixtures at an Impenetrable Interface	p. 109
Dynamic Aspects of Formation of Synthetic Membranes	p. 115
Vector Lattice Model of Amphiphilic Mixtures: Interfacial Behavior	p. 123
Variation of the Rate of Extension of Actin Networks	p. 129
An Avoidance Model for Short-Range Order Induced by Soft Repulsions in Systems of Rigid Rods	p. 135
Computational Models for Multicomponent Diffusion in Polymeric Materials	p. 141
Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Melting Behavior of DNA	p. 147
Concentrated DNA Rheology and Microrheology	p. 153
Dynamically-Stabilized Pores in Bilayer Membranes	p. 161
Late Stages of the Pearling Instability in Lipid Bilayers	p. 167
Front Propagation in Laser-Tweezed Lipid Bilayer Tubules	p. 173
Collision of a Field-Driven Polymer With a Post: Implications for Electrophoresis in Microlithographic Arrays	p. 179
Cracking a Tough Nut With a Big Computer	p. 187
Depinning of Fracture Fronts	p. 195
Conformal Map on Rough Boundaries Application to Fracture	p. 201
Scaling for the Coalescence of Microfractures Before Breakdown	p. 215
A Model of Crack Propagation in a 2D Heterogeneous Material	p. 221
Pattern Evolution of Granular Media Rotated in a Drum Mixer	p. 227
Temperature and Chemistry Effects in Porous-Media Electrokinetics	p. 233
ac Response of Heterogeneous Materials: A Numerical Study	p. 239
Influence of Sheet Electron-Beam Irradiation (SEBI) on Water Wettability of Hydroxy Apatites for Artificial Bone	p. 245
Random Walks for Magnetic Decay in Porous Media	p. 251
Anomalous Relaxation in Disordered Media	p. 257
Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Transitions in a Two-Dimensional Random-Bond Potts Model	p. 263
Colloidal Aggregation With a Drift: A Computer Simulation	p. 269
Pattern Formation and Unusual A + B [actual symbol not reproducible] 0 Reaction Kinetics Between Charged Reactants in Low Dimensions	p. 275
Kinetics of Periodic Pattern Formation in Diffusion-Reaction in a Gel	p. 281
Phase Transitions, Patterns, and Statistical Mechanics of Front Propagation in a Dynamic Random Impurity Model for Strip, Unusual Trees, and Other Geometries	p. 287
Fluctuations, Lindemann Criterion, and Liquid-Solid Transition in Thin Films	p. 293
Annular Ringlike Arrays From Mixtures of Metal Nanoparticles	p. 299
Foam Drainage: Extended Large-Q Potts Model Simulation	p. 307
Dynamics of Grains in Driven Granular Media	p. 313
Avalanche Segregation of Binary Mixtures of Granular Media	p. 319
Driven Granular Media and Dissipative Gases: Correlations and Liquid-Gas Phase Transitions	p. 325
Author Index	p. 331
Subject Index	p. 333
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