Contents
1 Introduction to Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics
and Its Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lamberto Rondoni
2 On the Foundational Principles of Statistical Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . 83
Wei-Mou Zheng
3 Generalized Onsager Principle and It Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Qi Wang
4 An Introduction to Emergence Dynamics in Complex
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Zhigang Zheng
5 Basics of Molecular Modeling and Molecular
Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chenyu Tang (唐晨宇) and Yanting Wang (王延颋)
6 Cocoon Silk: From Mesoscopic Materials Design
to Engineering Principles and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wu Qiu and Xiang-Yang Liu
7 A Primer on Gels (with an Emphasis on Molecular Gels) . . . . . . . . 299
Richard G. Weiss
8 Fréedericksz-Like Positional Transition Triggered
by An External Electric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Ke Xiao and Chen-Xu Wu
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