This volume contains papers that were presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Coatings for Biomedical and Sensor Applications held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 4-8 August, 2002. A total of 104 scientists from 14 countries participated in our ARW, making it a really international event. Participants ranged from graduate students to senior researchers. They presented 16 tutorial lectures, 20 short talks and more than 70 posters. Invited speakers, from NATO and Partner countries, presented some of the most recent developments in physics, chemistry and technology of nanosized materials. A broad range of speakers having international standing and representing NATO and partner countries, as well as university, industrial and govemment research laboratories participated in this meeting and wrote papers for this volume. Foregoing ARW gathered together the scientists working in the area of nanosized materials and coatings and their applications in biomedicine and sensors. The first objective of this AR W was to discuss the current research covering a wide range of physical and chemical properties of biomaterials and their use. Active discussion of oral presentations and posters, and the round table discussion gave a good opportunity to researchers from academia and industry to discuss the achievements in this field and outline future directions in terms of technological developments and product commercialisation in the fields of biomedicine and sensors. Particularly, advanced ceramics and nanostructured carbons were covered in many presentations.

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1. Materials for Biomedical Applications.- Nanostructured Materials in Medicine. State of the Art in Ukraine.- Current Trends in Biomaterial Coatings.- Injectable Nanoparticle Technology for In Vivo Remediation of Overdosed Toxins.- Nanostructured MeSiO2 (Me=Ag, Cu) Coatings with Antibacterial Activity.- Low Friction Wear Resistant Sputtered Carbon Coatings for Biomedical Applications.- Mechanism of Interaction of Silicon Nitride Powders with Biochemical Media and Their Toxic Effect.- Microstructure and Strength Properties of Germanium Microwires for Biomedical Devices.- The Researches of Properties of Biomaterials Based on Biological Hydroxyapatite in Synthetic and Natural Physiological Mediums.- Preparation of Hydroxyapatite NanoParticles Using a Modified Precipitation Method.- Biomineralization of Hydroxyapatite/Titania Composites Prepared by Explosive Shock Waves.- Prospects of Usage of Materials with Fullerene Coatings for Endoprosthesis of Joints.- Nanodispersed Diamond Adsorbents for Biological Solution Cleaning.- 2. Thin Films and Coatings.- Tribological Characterization of Carbide-Derived Carbon (CDC) Films in Dry and Humid Environments.- Nanostructured Ceramic Coatings Produced By Magnetron Sputtering.- Analysis of the Microhardness and the Porosity in Graded Thermal Barrier Coatings.- Nanostructured Mesoporous Silica Films.- Thin Film Crystallisation Behaviours for Oxides of Rare-Earth Metals on Amorphous Silica.- Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Metal-Carbon Films.- Thin Film Metal Matrixes for Biocorrosion Studies.- 3. Nanoparticles and Nanoceramics.- Synthesis and Properties of Nanostructured Carbon Materials:Nanodiamond, Onion-Like Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes.- Synthesis of Spherical, Non-aggregated Silica Nanoparticles.- Formation of Composite SiC-SiB6 Nanopowders.- A Model of Electrical Conduction in Xerographic Toners as Polymer-Conductive Filler Particulate Composites.- Computerized Complex for Sintering Nanoceramics at High Pressures.- C60 Fullerene Polymers.- A Tight-Binding Molecular-Dynamics Approach to Structural and Electronic Properties of a-SiC.- Theory of Nanotube Nanodevices.- 4. Sensor Materials.- Sol-Gel Processing of Lithia Aluminosilicates (LAS) Solid Solution for Future Low Temperature Ceramic Sensor.- Structural and Optical Characterization of InN Thin Films Novel Photonic Materials for Photovoltaic and Sensor Applications.- An Overview to Magnetic Beads Used in Electrochemical DNA Biosensors.- Mechanical Properties of Oxide Coatings Having Sensor Application.- Approaches for Structured Immobilisation of Recognising Elements on the Transducer Surface of Biosensors.- Performance of Amperometric Alcohol Electrodes Prepared by Plasma Polymerization Technique.- Chemical Active Centers at Surfaces of Si-Based Materials.- Deposition of SnO2-Based Thin Films by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering for Gas Sensing Applications.- Rehybridization at (110) Faces of SnO2 based gas sensor.- Behaviour of Micro-Fabricated Composite Membrane as Amperometric Glucose Biosensor.- EQCM Study on the Polytyramine Modified Electrodes for the Preparation of Biosensors.- Nanocoating of Particulate Surface in Colloidal Processing for Piezoelectric Sensors Applications.