1. Foreword

   • P Rama Rao
   • M S Valiathan

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 1 - 1

2. Modification of polymers for cardiovascular applications—some routes to bioactive hydrophilic polymers

   • C H Bamford
   • I P Middleton
   • Y Satake

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 3 - 15

3. Hydrogel microspheres from crosslinked poly(methyl methacrylate): synthesis and biocompatibility studies

   • A Jayakrishnan
   • B Chitambara Thanoo
   • Mira Mohanty

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 17 - 25

4. Cell adhesion and growth on synthetic hydrogel beads

   • K Shivakumar
   • R Renuka Nair
   • M S Valiathan

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 27 - 32

5. The development and the testing of a polyurethane (Biomer) arterial prosthesis

   • David Annis

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 33 - 40

6. The structure and properties of materials used in advanced drug delivery systems

   • Karel Petrak

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 41 - 47

7. Radiation-processed polymers as biomaterials

   • C Gopinathan

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 49 - 52

8. Studies on the spin-state equilibria of cobalt ions in the system La_1−x Na _x Co_1−x Nb _x O₃ (x⩽0·40)

   • Om Parkash
   • N Chaturvedi
   • Devendra Kumar

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 53 - 56

9. Pyroelectric properties of Gd-doped KVO₃ and LiVO₃

   • A P Kashid
   • V V Patil
   • S H Chavan

   Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 57 - 62

10. Oxygen-enrichment of YBa₂Cu₃ YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ using the fluidization techniqueusing the fluidization technique

    • U V Varadaraju
    • G V Subba Rao
    • G Rangarajan

    Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 63 - 80

11. Effect of oxide additives on the properties of high temperature superconductor, YBa₂Cu₃O₇

    • K D Chandrasekaran
    • U V Varadaraju
    • G V Subba Rao

    Proceedings Of The Indo-UK Symposium On Biomaterials Pages: 81 - 93