Complex Fluids In Biological Systems

Author : Saverio E. Spagnolie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493920655

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Complex Fluids in Biological Systems by Saverio E. Spagnolie Pdf

This book serves as an introduction to the continuum mechanics and mathematical modeling of complex fluids in living systems. The form and function of living systems are intimately tied to the nature of surrounding fluid environments, which commonly exhibit nonlinear and history dependent responses to forces and displacements. With ever-increasing capabilities in the visualization and manipulation of biological systems, research on the fundamental phenomena, models, measurements, and analysis of complex fluids has taken a number of exciting directions. In this book, many of the world’s foremost experts explore key topics such as: Macro- and micro-rheological techniques for measuring the material properties of complex biofluids and the subtleties of data interpretation Experimental observations and rheology of complex biological materials, including mucus, cell membranes, the cytoskeleton, and blood The motility of microorganisms in complex fluids and the dynamics of active suspensions Challenges and solutions in the numerical simulation of biologically relevant complex fluid flows This volume will be accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in engineering, mathematics, biology, and the physical sciences, but will appeal to anyone interested in the intricate and beautiful nature of complex fluids in the context of living systems.

Author : Abhijit P. Deshpande,J. Murali Krishnan,Sunil Kumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781441964946

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Rheology of Complex Fluids by Abhijit P. Deshpande,J. Murali Krishnan,Sunil Kumar Pdf

The aim of the School on Rheology of Complex fluids is to bring together young researchers and teachers from educational and R&D institutions, and expose them to the basic concepts and research techniques used in the study of rheological behavior of complex fluids. The lectures will be delivered by well-recognized experts. The book contents will be based on the lecture notes of the school.

Author : Abhijit P. Deshpande,J. Murali Krishnan,P. B. Sunil Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1441964959

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Rheology of Complex Fluids by Abhijit P. Deshpande,J. Murali Krishnan,P. B. Sunil Kumar Pdf

Author : Francisco José Galindo-Rosales
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319595931

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Complex Fluid-Flows in Microfluidics by Francisco José Galindo-Rosales Pdf

This monograph contains expert knowledge on complex fluid-flows in microfluidic devices. The topical spectrum includes, but is not limited to, aspects such as the analysis, experimental characterization, numerical simulations and numerical optimization. The target audience primarily comprises researchers who intend to embark on activities in microfluidics. The book can also be beneficial as supplementary reading in graduate courses.

Author : Michael D. Graham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107024649

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Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids by Michael D. Graham Pdf

Provides a foundation for understanding complex fluids by integrating fluid dynamics, statistical physics, and polymer and colloid science.

Author : Alain Goriely,Martin Michael Müller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780199605835

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New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems by Alain Goriely,Martin Michael Müller Pdf

These lecture notes present the latest trends and challenges in the modelling of biological systems from a mechanics perspective. They cover both fluid and solid mechanics, the modelling of growth in biological systems, and present the application of physical methods for the modelling of systems in cellular biology, physiology, and morphogenesis.

Author : Martine Ben Amar,Alain Goriely,Martin Michael Müller,Leticia Cugliandolo
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191621246

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New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems by Martine Ben Amar,Alain Goriely,Martin Michael Müller,Leticia Cugliandolo Pdf

In July 2009, many experts in the mathematical modelling of biological sciences gathered in Les Houches for a 4-week summer school on the mechanics and physics of biological systems. The goal of the school was to present to students and researchers an integrated view of new trends and challenges in physical and mathematical aspects of biomechanics. While the scope for such a topic is very wide, we focused on problems where solid and fluid mechanics play a central role. The school covered both the general mathematical theory of mechanical biology in the context of continuum mechanics but also the specific modelling of particular systems in the biology of the cell, plants, microbes, and in physiology. These lecture notes are organised (as was the school) around five different main topics all connected by the common theme of continuum modelling for biological systems: Bio-fluidics, Bio-gels, Bio-mechanics, Bio-membranes, and Morphogenesis. These notes are not meant as a journal review of the topic but rather as a gentle tutorial introduction to the readers who want to understand the basic problematic in modelling biological systems from a mechanics perspective.

Author : Pierre Tol‚dano,A. M. Figueiredo Neto
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810232608

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Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids by Pierre Tol‚dano,A. M. Figueiredo Neto Pdf

This important and timely book deals with the theoretical and experimental investigation of the phase transitions which occur in complex fluid systems, namely lyotropic systems, microemulsions, colloids, gels, polymers, biological membranes, Langmuir monolayers, and ferrofluids. It contains 20-odd review papers from the major contributors to this rapidly growing field of research, summarizing the main results obtained in the description and understanding of the phase transitions taking place between the isotopic, nematic, cholesteric, lamellar, hexagonal, and cubic mesophases of complex fluids.

Author : Jorge Carballido-Landeira,Bruno Escribano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783030165857

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Biological Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics Approach by Jorge Carballido-Landeira,Bruno Escribano Pdf

This book collects recent advances in the field of nonlinear dynamics in biological systems. Focusing on medical applications as well as more fundamental questions in biochemistry, it presents recent findings in areas such as control in chemically driven reaction-diffusion systems, electrical wave propagation through heart tissue, neural network growth, chiral symmetry breaking in polymers and mechanochemical pattern formation in the cytoplasm, particularly in the context of cardiac cells. It is a compilation of works, including contributions from international scientists who attended the “2nd BCAM Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems,” held at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao in September 2016. Embracing diverse disciplines and using multidisciplinary approaches – including theoretical concepts, simulations and experiments – these contributions highlight the nonlinear nature of biological systems in order to be able to reproduce their complex behavior. Edited by the conference organizers and featuring results that represent recent findings and not necessarily those presented at the conference, the book appeals to applied mathematicians, biophysicists and computational biologists.

Author : Akira Onuki,Kyozi Kawasaki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642760082

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Dynamics and Patterns in Complex Fluids by Akira Onuki,Kyozi Kawasaki Pdf

The fourth Nishinomiya-Yukawa Memorial Symposium, devoted to the topic of dynamics and patterns in complex fluids, was held on October 26 and 27, 1989, in Nishinomiya City, Japan, where ten invited speakers gave their lectures. A one-day meeting, comprising short talks and poster sessions, was then held on the same topic on October 28 at the Research Institute for Fundamental Physics, Kyoto University. The present volume contains the 10 invited papers and 38 contributed papers presented at these two meetings. The symposium was sponsored by Nishinomiya City, where Prof. Hideki Yukawa once lived and where he wrote the celebrated paper describing the work that was later honored by a Nobel prize. The topic of the fourth symposium was chosen from one of the most vigorously evolving and highly interdisciplinary fields in condensed matter physics. The field of complex fluids is very diverse and still in its infancy and, as a result, the definition of a complex fluid varies greatly from one researcher to the next. One of the objectives of the symposium was to clarify its definition by explicitly posing a number of potentially rich problems waiting to be explored. Indeed, experimentalists are disclosing a variety of intriguing dynamical phenomena in complex systems such as polymers, liquid crystals, gels, colloids, and surfactant systems. We, the organizers, hope that the symposium will contribute to the increasing importance of the field in the coming years.

Author : Zolt n Neufeld
Publisher : Imperial College Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781848161788

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Chemical and Biological Processes in Fluid Flows by Zolt n Neufeld Pdf

Many chemical and biological processes take place in fluid environments in constant motion OCo chemical reactions in the atmosphere, biological population dynamics in the ocean, chemical reactors, combustion, and microfluidic devices. Applications of concepts from the field of nonlinear dynamical systems have led to significant progress over the last decade in the theoretical understanding of complex phenomena observed in such systems. This book introduces the theoretical approaches for describing mixing and transport in fluid flows. It reviews the basic concepts of dynamical phenomena arising from the nonlinear interactions in chemical and biological systems. The coverage includes a comprehensive overview of recent results on the effect of mixing on spatial structure and the dynamics of chemically and biologically active components in fluid flows, in particular oceanic plankton dynamics. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Fluid Flows (248 KB). Contents: Fluid Flows; Mixing and Dispersion in Fluid Flows; Chemical and Ecological Models; Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics; Fast Binary Reactions and the Lamellar Approach; Decay-Type and Stable Reaction Dynamics in Flows; Mixing in Autocatalytic-Type Processes; Mixing in Oscillatory Media; Further Reading. Readership: Physicists, applied mathematicians, chemical engineers and marine ecologists.

Author : Michael Taylor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319189383

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Quantum Microscopy of Biological Systems by Michael Taylor Pdf

This thesis reports on the development of the first quantum enhanced microscope and on its applications in biological microscopy. The first quantum particle-tracking microscope, described in detail here, represents a pioneering advance in quantum microscopy, which is shown to be a powerful and relevant technique for future applications in science and medicine. The microscope is used to perform the first quantum-enhanced biological measurements -- a central and long-standing goal in the field of quantum measurement. Sub diffraction-limited quantum imaging is achieved, also for the first time, with a scanning probe imaging configuration allowing 10-nanometer resolution.

Author : Nikolay V Dokholyan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461421467

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Computational Modeling of Biological Systems by Nikolay V Dokholyan Pdf

Computational modeling is emerging as a powerful new approach to study and manipulate biological systems. Multiple methods have been developed to model, visualize, and rationally alter systems at various length scales, starting from molecular modeling and design at atomic resolution to cellular pathways modeling and analysis. Higher time and length scale processes, such as molecular evolution, have also greatly benefited from new breeds of computational approaches. This book provides an overview of the established computational methods used for modeling biologically and medically relevant systems.

Author : Leonard Leyton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Biological transport
ISBN : UCAL:B4456724

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Fluid Behaviour in Biological Systems by Leonard Leyton Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309063494

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Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics Pdf

This book identifies opportunities, priorities, and challenges for the field of condensed-matter and materials physics. It highlights exciting recent scientific and technological developments and their societal impact and identifies outstanding questions for future research. Topics range from the science of modern technology to new materials and structures, novel quantum phenomena, nonequilibrium physics, soft condensed matter, and new experimental and computational tools. The book also addresses structural challenges for the field, including nurturing its intellectual vitality, maintaining a healthy mixture of large and small research facilities, improving the field's integration with other disciplines, and developing new ways for scientists in academia, government laboratories, and industry to work together. It will be of interest to scientists, educators, students, and policymakers.