Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Letter -- PEO-like plasma polymerized tetraglyme surface interactions with leukocytes and proteins: in vitro and in vivo studies -- Limits of detection for time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS): detection of low amounts of adsorbed protein -- Photoimmobilization of biomolecules within a 3-dimensional hydrogel matrix -- Fibrinogen adsorption by PS latex particles coated with various amounts of a PEO/PPO/PEO triblock copolymer -- Effects of base material, plasma proteins and FGF2 on endothelial cell adhesion and growth -- Acoustics of blood plasma on solid surfaces -- Development of small alginate microcapsules for recombinant gene product delivery to the rodent brain -- Integrin alpha2beta1 on rat myeloma cells modulates interaction of alpha4beta1 integrin with vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 but not fibronectin -- Interactions of corneal epithelial cells and surfaces modified with cell adhesion peptide combinations -- Polyelectrolyte multilayer films modulate cytoskeletal organization in chondrosarcoma cells -- Improved blood compatibility and decreased VSMC proliferation of surface-modified metal grafted with sulfonated PEG or heparin -- Characterization of poly(ethylene oxide) brushes on glass surfaces and adhesion of Staphylococcus epidermidis -- Tissue-culture surfaces with mixtures of aminated and fluorinated functional groups. Part 2. Growth and function of transgenic rat insulinoma cells (betaG I /17) -- Elastomeric biodegradable polyurethane blends for soft tissue applications -- Influence of surface morphology and chemistry on the enzyme catalyzed biodegradation of polycarbonate-urethanes -- Cardiopulmonary bypass technology transfer: musings of a cardiac surgeon -- Surface analysis methods for characterizing polymeric biomaterials.

Glucose binding to molecularly imprinted polymers -- The effect of oxidation on the enzyme-catalyzed hydrolytic biodegradation of poly(urethane)s -- Novel dendrimer based polyurethanes for PEO incorporation -- Identification of biodegradation products formed by L-phenylalanine based segmented polyurethaneureas -- Bioresorbable polymeric stents: current status and future promise -- Tissue-culture surfaces with mixtures of aminated and fluorinated functional groups. Part 1. Synthesis and characterization -- Deterioration of polyamino acid-coated alginate microcapsules in vivo -- Water structure around enkephalin near a GeO2 surface: a molecular dynamics study -- Towards practical soft X-ray spectromicroscopy of biomaterials -- A new vascular polyester prosthesis impregnated with cross-linked dextran.