Preface. 1: Fundamentals and Gas Phase Diagnostics. PE- CVD of Polymer Films: Mechanisms, Chemistry and Diagnostics; R. d'Agostino. Architecture of RF Plasma Reactors; F. Fracassi. Optical and Electrical Diagnostics of Low Pressure Plasmas; D.S. Mataras, D.E. Rapakoulias. Plasma Diagnostic by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy; Y. Segui, P. Raynaud. Microwave and Dual Frequency Plasma Processing; M.R. Wertheimer, et al. Kinetics of Radicals in Fluorocarbon Plasmas for Treatment of Polymers; A.D. Tserepi, et al. 2: Surface Dynamics and Treatments. Surface Dynamics and Plasma Polymers; H.K. Yasuda. Study of the Plasma Treated Polymers and the Stability of the Surface Properties; F. Arefi-Khonsari, et al. 3: Surface Diagnostics. Surface Diagnostics of Plasma-Treated Materials; B.D. Ratner. Surface Characterization of Oriented Afterglow Fluorocarbon Films; D.G. Castner. 4: Tribology and Transport Properties. Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymer Surfaces; J.E. Klemberg-Sapieha. Plasma Deposition and Testing of Hard Coatings on Plastics; L. Martinu. Transport Properties of Polymers; L. De Rosa, et al. 5: Materials and Applications. Interface Engineering by Low Temperature Plasma Processes; H.K. Yasuda. Plasma Deposition from Organosilicon Monomers; Y. Segui. Mechanism in Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition from Organosilicon Feeds; R. Lamendola, R. d'Agostino. Silicon-Carbon Thin-Film Materials Produced from Organosilanes in a Remote Hydrogen Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition; A.M. Wróbel, Y. Yatanaka. Plasmachemical Modification of Natural Polymers; J. Behnisch. Composite Films Metal/Plasma Polymer, Recent Development, Current andPossible Applications; H. Biederman, et al. Plasma Modification at Atmospheric pressure; M. Kogoma, et al. Plasma Treatments of Powders; T. Ihara. Plasma Vacuum UV Effects on Polymers; A. Holländer, et al. Diamine-Plasma Deposited Poly(Hydroxyethylmethacrylate) Microspheres as Specific Sorbents for Removal of Copper(II) Ions; A. Denízli, et al. Degradation Effects of Plasma and Corona on Polymers; M.R. Wertheimer, R. Bartnikas. 6: Biomaterials. Biomaterials Science: Overview and Opportunities with Special Reference to Organic and Polymeric Glow Discharge Plasma Treatments; B.D. Ratner. RF Plasma Deposited PEO-Like Films: Surface Characterization and Inhibition of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Accumulation; E.E. Johnston, et al. Preparation of a Single Layer Enzyme Electrode by Plasma Polymerization Technique; M. Mutlu, et al. Process Control in Plasma-Deposition and Plasma- Treatments of Polymeric Biomaterials; P. Favia. 7: Industrial Viewpoint and Economic Issues. Economics of Transparent Barrier Coatings; V. Pische. An Experimental PECVD Investigation &endash; From an Industrial Viewpoint; J.R. Wagner Jr., M.N. Hirsh. Index.