chapter 1 Mobility on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films / chapter 2 Crystallization of Thin Polymer Films: Crystallinity, Kinetics, and Morphology / chapter 3 Deformation, Stretching, and Relaxation of Single- Polymer Chains: Fundamentals and Examples Laurette McCormick, and Fre´de´ric Tessier / chapter 4 Science and Engineering of Nanoparticle–Polymer Composites: Insights from Computer Simulation / chapter 5 Polymeric Additives as Modi?ers of Hydrocarbon Crystallization Behavior / chapter 6 Con?nement and Shear Effects on the Structure of a Smectic Liquid-Crystal Complex Fluid / chapter 7 Macroscopic Rheological Behavior of Dispersions of Soft Rubberlike Solid Particles / chapter 8 Computer Simulations of Mechanical Micromanipulation of Proteins / chapter 9 Structure–Function Relationships of Aspartic Proteinases / chapter 10 Computer Simulation of Soft Mesoscopic Systems Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics / chapter 11 Crystallization of Bulk Fats Under Shear / chapter 12 Foods at Subzero Temperatures / chapter 13 Biogenic Cellular Solids / chapter 14 Modeling of Formation and Rheology of Protein Particle Gels