A new approach for freezing of aqueous solutions under active control of the nucleation temperature

Cryobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Petersen, Ansgar ^a   Schneider, Hendrik ^a   Rau, Guenter ^a   Glasmacher, Birgit ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive; Controlled freezing; Cryopreservation; Crystallization; Electrode; Electrofreezing; Freeze drying; High voltage pulse; Nucleation; Seeding; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

DRUG ADDITIVE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HETASTARCH; ICE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROFREEZING; FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODES; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HETASTARCH; IONS; KINETICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 33748446202     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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