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Baum, Rudy. "Nanotechnology: Drexler and Smalley make the case for and against 'molecular assemblers.'" Chemical and Engineering News 81 (December 1, 2003): 37-42.

Boal, David H. "Rods and Ropes." In Mechanics of the Cell. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521792585.

Cell Active Processes.

Cell Membrane Mechanics.

Cytoskeletal Mechanics.

Dill, Ken A., and Sarina Bromberg. "Entropy and the Boltzmann Law." Chapter 6 in Molecular Driving Forces. New York, NY: Garland Science, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.

———. "Polymer Elasticity and Collapse." Chapter 32 in Molecular Driving Forces. New York, NY: Garland Science, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.

———. "The Boltzmann Distribution Law." Chapter 10 in Molecular Driving Forces. New York, NY: Garland Science, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.

Ferry. Viscoelasticity.

Fung, Y. C. "Viscoelasticity." In Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1993. ISBN: 9780387979472.

Howard, Jonathon. "Force Generation by Cytoskeletal Filaments." Chapter 10 in Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2001. ISBN: 9780878933341.

———. Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2001, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780878933341.

Humphrey, Jay Dowell, and Sherry L. Delange. An Introduction to Biomechanics. New York, NY: Springer, 2004, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780387402499.

Karplus, Martin, and Gregory A. Petsko. "Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Biology." Nature 347 (1990): 631-639.

Mahadevan. "Macromolecular Mechanics." Chapter 3.