Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biological Phenomena. Cell-Receptor Interactions / David Lepzelter, Muhammad Zaman -- Regulatory Mechanisms of Kinesin and Myosin Motor Proteins: Inspiration for Improved Control of Nanomachines / Sarah Rice -- Neuromechanics: The Role of Tension in Neuronal Growth and Memory / Wylie W Ahmed, Jagannathan Rajagopalan, Alireza Tofangchi, Taher A Saif -- Nanoscale Phenomena. Fundamentals of Roughness-Induced Superhydrophobicity / Neelesh A Patankar -- Multiscale Experimental Mechanics of Hierarchical Carbon-Based Materials / Horacio D Espinosa, Tobin Filleter, Mohammad Naraghi -- Mechanics of Nanotwinned Hierarchical Metals / Xiaoyan Li, Huajian Gao -- Size-Dependent Strength in Single-Crystalline Metallic Nanostructures / Julia R Greer -- Experimentation. TEM Electromechanical Testing of Nanowires and Nanotubes / Horacio D Espinosa, Rodrigo A Bernal, Tobin Filleter -- Engineering Nano-Probes for Live-Cell Imaging of Gene Expression / Gang Bao, Brian Wile, Andrew Tsourkas -- Towards High-Throughput Cell Mechanics Assays for Research and Clinical Applications / David R Myers, Daniel A Fletcher, Wilbur A Lam -- Microfabricated Technologies for Cell Mechanics Studies / Sri Ram K Vedula, Man C Leong, Chwee T Lim -- Modeling. Atomistic Reaction Pathway Sampling: The Nudged Elastic Band Method and Nanomechanics Applications / Ting Zhu, Ju Li, Sidney Yip -- Mechanics of Curvilinear Electronics / Shuodao Wang, Jianliang Xiao, Jizhou Song, Yonggang Huang, John A Rogers -- Single-Molecule Pulling: Phenomenology and Interpretation / Ignacio Franco, Mark A Ratner, George C Schatz -- Modeling and Simulation of Hierarchical Protein Materials / Tristan Giesa, Graham Bratzel, Markus J Buehler -- Geometric Models of Protein Secondary-Structure Formation / Hendrik Hansen-Goos, Seth Lichter -- Multiscale Modeling for the Vascular Transport of Nanoparticles / Shaolie S Hossain, Adrian M Kopacz, Yongjie Zhang, Sei-Young Lee, Tae-Rin Lee, Mauro Ferrari, Thomas J R Hughes, Wing Kam Liu, Paolo Decuzzi.

"Key features: Provides an overview of recent advances in nano and cell mechanics -- Covers experimental, analytical, and computational tools used to investigate biological and nanoscale phenomena -- Covers fundamentals and frontiers in mechanics to accelerate developments in nano- and bio-technologies -- Presents multiscale-multiphysics modeling and experimentation techniques -- Examines applications in materials, manufacturing, electronics, medicine and healthcare."--Provided by publisher.

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