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Modeling the Structural Development and the Mechanics of Complex Soft Materials: Overview

Handbook of Materials Modeling

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The materials discussed in the chapters of this section are apparently very different from each other (ranging from soft gels to cement and clays), but they all share structural and dynamical complexity that cover a range of length scales. Distinct computational approaches are required for the different length scales or timescales, and a statistical analysis of spatiotemporal fluctuations is crucial to develop a deeper fundamental understanding of the material properties. Here we provide an overview of the different chapters, to highlight the connections between them and outline the emerging scientific questions.

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Acknowledgements

EDG thanks Georgetown University, the National Science Foundation (Grant No. NSF PHY-1748958), and the Chair Paris Science program of ESPCI Paris for the support and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCSB for the hospitality. RP is thankful for the support given by A∗MIDEX, the Aix-Marseille University Idex foundation, the CSHub@MIT (thanks to the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and the Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation), and the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1562066.

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  1. Department of Physics, Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Emanuela Del Gado

  2. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Emanuela Del Gado

  3. Concrete Sustainability Hub, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

  4. MSE2, the MIT/CNRS/Aix-Marseille University Joint Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

  5. Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille, CINaM, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

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  1. Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Wanda Andreoni

  2. Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Sidney Yip

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  1. Department of Physics, Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Emanuela Del Gado

  2. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Emanuela Del Gado

  3. Concrete Sustainability Hub, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

  4. MSE2, the MIT/CNRS/Aix-Marseille University Joint Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

  5. Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille, CINaM, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    Roland J. -M. Pellenq

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Del Gado, E., Pellenq, R.J.M. (2019). Modeling the Structural Development and the Mechanics of Complex Soft Materials: Overview. In: Andreoni, W., Yip, S. (eds) Handbook of Materials Modeling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50257-1_126-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50257-1_126-3

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