| Dedication |
| Contributing Authors |
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| General aspects of pattern formation / A.A. Nepomnyashchy ; A.A. Golovin |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Basic models for domain coarsening and pattern formation / 2： |
| Pattern selection / 3： |
| Modulated patterns / 4： |
| Beyond the Swift-Hohenberg model / 5： |
| Wavy patterns / 6： |
| Conclusions / 7： |
| Acknowledgement / 8： |
| References.- Convective patterns in liquid crystals driven by electric field / A. Buka et al |
| Physical properties of nematics |
| Electroconvection |
| References.- Dynamical phenomena in nematic liquid crystals induced by light / D.O. Krimer et al |
| Simple setups G¼" complicated phenomena |
| Theoretical description |
| Obliquely incident, linearly polarized light |
| Perpendicularly incident, circularly polarized light |
| Perpendicularly incident, elliptically polarized light |
| Finite beam-size effects and transversal pattern formation |
| References.- Self-Assembly of quantum dots from thin solid films / A.A. Golovin et al |
| Mechanisms of morphological evolution of epitaxial films |
| Elastic effects and wetting interactions |
| Surface-energy anisotropy and wetting interactions |
| References.- Macroscopic and mesophysics together: the moving contact line problem revisited / Y. Pomeau |
| References.- Nanoscale effects in mesoscopic films / L.M. Pismen |
| Hydrodynamic equations |
| Thermodynamic equations |
| Fluid-substrate Interactions |
| Dynamic contact line |
| Mobility relations |
| References.- Dynamics of thermal polymerization waves / V.A. Volpert |
| Mathematical model |
| Gasless combustion |
| Analysis of base FP model |
| Other thermal FP studies |
| Conclusion. References |
| Self-organization of microtubules and motors / I.S. Aranson ; L.S. Tsimring |
| Maxwell model and orientational instability |
| Spatial localization |
| Aster and vortex solutions |
| Conclusion |
| References.- Physics of DNA / M.D. Frank-Kamenetskii |
| Major structures of DNA |
| DNA functioning |
| Global DNA conformation |
| The DNA stability |
| References |
| Topic index |
| Dedication |
| Contributing Authors |
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| General aspects of pattern formation / A.A. Nepomnyashchy ; A.A. Golovin |
