This book represents an extensive collection of state-of-the-art studies on micromechanics and nanomechanics. It is a very comprehensive text covering a wide range of theories and numerical and experimental methods, andit has applications to many important classes of materials and structures. It is an excellent reference for scientists, engineers, and students.

Prof. Yonggang Huang - Northwestern University, USA

• Covers both theoretical developments and advances in applications of micro- and nanomechanics


• Includes several new topics that have not been covered in the current literature, such as micromechanics of metamaterials; micromechanics of ferroelectrics, piezoelectric, and electromagnetic materials; micromechanics of interfaces and size effects; and multiscale mechanics and simulations


• Is in a textbook format for the benefit of students and new scientists embarking into this exciting field


• Serves as a reference book on the state-of-the-art developments in micro- and nanomechanics and materials

This book presents the latest developments and applications of micromechanics and nanomechanics. It particularly focuses on some recent applications and impact areas of micromechanics and nanomechanics that have not been discussed in traditional micromechanics and nanomechanics books on metamaterials, micromechanics of ferroelectric/piezoelectric, electromagnetic materials, micromechanics of interface, size effects and strain gradient theories, computational and experimental nanomechanics, multiscale simulations and theories, soft matter composites, and computational homogenization theory. This book covers analytical, experimental, as well as computational and numerical approaches in depth.

The key feature of this book is that it contains some latest research developments systematically disseminated in monograph format. In specific, the book has the following features:

1. Micromechanics of metamaterials

2. Micromechanics of ferroelectrics, piezoelectric, and electromagnetic materials

3. Micromechanics of interfaces and size effects

4. Nanoscale simulation and calculations of stress, graphene sheets, and nanowires

5. Latest development of multiscale theory in micromechanics and nanomechanics, which include dislocation dynamics, micromorphic theory, and coarse-graining multiscale micromechanics and nanomechanics models, etc.

6. Micromechanics of polymers and soft biological materials

7. Computational homogenization

The main difference between this book and other books on micromechanics or nanomechanics is the difference in the coverage. First, this book covers some topics that have not been discussed in traditional or previous micromechanics books, and these new topics are micromechanics of metamaterials,  micromechanics of ferroelectrics, piezoelectric, and electromagnetic materials; and micromechanics of interfaces and size effects and multiscale mechanics and simulations. Second, this book presents some latest developments in micromechanics and nanomechanics, such as applications of phase field theory and archetype-blending continuum theory to micromechanics and composite materials. Third, this book tries to explore the connection between micromechanics with nanomechanics and not to treat them as separated scientific subjects. The readers can therefore see and understand the underline physics from a far more broad perspective than the traditional engineering mechanics approach can provide.

Researchers and graduate students in academic institutes, government and private research laboratories institutes, and industry design and consulting and development firms.