Dielectric properties of supercooled cryoprotectant agents

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2053-2066

  Michelson, S C ^a,b   Evans, S ^a  

^a Engineering Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Plessey SA Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0029780730     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/10/014     Document Type: Article

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