Effects of freezing rates and dimethyl sulfoxide concentrations on thermal expansion of rabbit aorta during freezing phase change as measured by thermo mechanical analysis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3201-3206

  Xu, Yi ^a   Hua, Tse Chao ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^b   Zhou, Guo Yan ^a   Xu, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Animal tissue; Cooling; Cryopreservation; Freezing process; Rabbit aorta; Thermal expansion; Thermal mechanical analysis; TMA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COOLING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING PROCESS; RABBIT AORTA;

CARDIOLOGY;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ICE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FREE WATER CLEARANCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FREEZING; PHASE TRANSITION; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34948833627     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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