Multi-scale heat and mass transfer modelling of cell and tissue cryopreservation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1912, 2010, Pages 561-583

  Xu, Feng ^a   Moon, Sangjun ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Shao, Lei ^a   Song, Young Seok ^b   Demirci, Utkan ^a,c  

^a Center for Bioengineering   (United States)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Heat and mass transfer; Multi scale modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER;

CELL VOLUME; COMPLEX PHYSICAL PROCESS; CRYO-PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION METHODS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MACRO SCALE; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROSCALE LEVELS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; MULTISCALES; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA;

MASS TRANSFER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 76949101715     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0248     Document Type: Article

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