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.

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”.