A simplified procedure to determine the optimal rate of freezing biological systems

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Thirumala, Sreedhar ^a   Devireddy, Bam V ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation Energy; Cryopreservation; Intracellular Ice Formation; Membrane Permeability; Water Transport

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COOLING RATES; RATE EQUATIONS; WATER TRANSPORT MODELS;

FREEZING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 18644365361     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1865213     Document Type: Article

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