title: Preface: Special Topic on Coarse Graining of Macromolecules, Biopolymers, and Membranes.
abstract: This special issue highlights new developments in theory and coarse-graining in biological and synthetic macromolecules and membranes. Such approaches give unique insights into the principles and design of the structures, dynamics, and assembly processes of these complex fluids and soft materials, where the length and time scales are often prohibitively long for fully atomistic modeling.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Computerphysik, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute of Complex Systems and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gompper
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
authors.forename: Ken A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dill
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances