A biologist's view of the relevance of thermodynamics and physical chemistry to cryobiology

Cryobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Mazur, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical potential; Ice; Nucleation; Osmosis; Permeability; Recrystallization; Supercooled water

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FREEZING; HUMANS; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 77249107505     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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