Description:Content: Synthetic hydrogels for biomedical applications / Buddy D. Ratner and Allan S. Hoffman -- Vapor pressure and swelling pressure of hydrogels / Miguel F. Refojo -- The role of proteoglycans and collagen in the swelling of connective tissue / F.A. Meyer, R.A. Gelman, and A. Silberberg -- The role of water in the osmotic and viscoelastic behavior of gel networks / Mu Shik Jhon, Shao Mu Ma, Sachiko Hattori, Donald E. Gregonis, and Joseph D. Andrade -- Permeability as a means to study the structure of gels / N. Weiss and A. Silberberg -- Diffusion through hydrogel membranes. 1, Permeation of water through poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and related polymers / S.J. Wisniewski, D.E. Gregonis, S.W. Kim, and J.D. Andrade -- The chemistry of some selected methacrylate hydrogels / Donald E. Gregonis, Chwen M. Chen, and Joseph D. Andrade -- Analysis and purification of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate by means of thin-layer chromatography / U.A. Th. Brinkman, T.A.M. Van Schaik, G. Devries, and A.C. Devisser -- Rotational viscometry studies of the polymerization of hydrophilic methacrylate monomers / Shao M. Ma, Donald E. Gregonis, Chwen M. Chen, and Joseph D. Andrade -- The effect of tacticity on the thermal behavior of various poly(methacrylate esters) / G.A. Russell, D.E. Gregonis, A.A. Devisser, J.D. Andrade, and D.K. Dalling -- Calcification and bone induction studies in heterogeneous phosphorylated hydrogels / J.G.N. Swart, A.A. Driessen, and A.C. Devisser -- Continuous monitoring of blood glucose using gel entrapped glucose oxidase / K.F. O'Driscoll, A. Kapoulas, A.M. Albisser, and R. Gander -- The slow release of hydrocortisone sodium succinate from poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) membranes / J.M. Anderson, T. Koinis, T. Nelson, M. Horst, and D.S. Love -- Controlled release of fluoride from hydrogels for dental applications / D.R. Cowsar, O.R. Tarwater, and A.C. Tanquary -- The hydrogel-water interface / A. Silberberg -- Probing the hydrogel/water interface / Joseph D. Andrade, Robert N. King, and Donald E. Gregonis -- Elimination of electroosmotic flow in analytical particle electrophoresis / F.J. Nordt, R.J. Knox, and G.V.F. Seaman -- Streaming potential studies on gel-coated glass capillaries / Shao M. Ma, Donald E. Gregonis, Richard Van Wagenen, and Joseph D. Andrade -- Water wettability of hydrogels / Frank J. Holly and Miguel F. Refojo -- Water wettability of proteins adsorbed at the hydrogel-water interface / Frank J. Holly and Miguel F. Refojo -- Radiation-induced co-graft polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate onto silicone rubber films / Takashi Sasaki, Buddy D. Ratner, and Allan S. Hoffman -- The thermodynamics of water sorption in radiation-grafted hydrogels / Bernard Khaw, Buddy D. Ratner, and Allan S. Hoffman -- Biological and physical characteristics of some polyelectrolytes / E.O. Lundell, G.T. Kwiatkowski, J.S. Byck, F.D. Osterholtz, W.S. Creasy, and D.D. Stewart -- Fibrous capsule formation and fibroblast interactions at charged hydrogel interfaces / J.J. Rosen, D.F. Gibbons, and L.A. Culp.