Introduction: proteins at interfaces - an overview, John L. Brasch and Thomas A. Horbett. Part 1 Theory and molecular mechanisms of protein adsorption: reversibility and the mechanism of protein adsorption, Willem Norde and Charles A. Haynes; logarithmic growth of protein films, Simon Alaeddine and Hakan Nygren; comparative adsorption studies with synthetic, structural stability and charge mutants of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme, J. McGuire et al; structure and adsoprtion properties of fibrinogen, Li Feng and Joseph D. Andrade; macroscopic and microscopic interactions between albumin and hydrophilic surfaces, C.J. van Oss et al; a new hydrophobicity scale and its relevance to protein folding and interactions at interfaces, Dan W. Urry and Chi-Hao Luan. Part 2 Competitive adsorption of proteins: the Vroman effect - ten years after its identification, Steven M. Slack and Thomas A. Horbett; transient adsorption of fibrinogen from plasma solutions flowing in silica capillaries, M.T. Le et al; protein displacement phenomena in blood plasma and serum studied by the wettability gradient method and the lens-on-surface method, Hans B. Ewing et al; competitive adsorption of proteins during exposure of human blood plasma to glass and polyethylene, P. Turbill et al; protein-protein interactions affecting proteins at surfaces, Peter H. Warkentin et al; modelling the dynamics of protein adsorption to surfaces, A. Nadarajah et al; effect of protein competition on surface adsorption-density parameters of polymer-protein interfaces, V. Sevastanov et al; competitive adsorption of albumin and fibrinogen at solution-air and solution-polyethylene interfaces - in situ measurements, A. Baszkin and M.M. Boissonnade; ellipsometry studies of protein adsorption at hydrophobic surfaces, Martin Malmsten and Bo Lassen; protein-surfactant interactions at solid surfaces, Thomas Arnebrant and Marie C. Wahlgren. Part 3 Conformation and orientation of proteins at interfaces. Part 4 Effects of surface chemistry on protein adsoprtion. Part 5 Role of adsorbed proteins in cell interactions with solid surface. Part 6 Protein behaviour at fluid-fluid interfaces. (Part contents)
