Control strategies of ice nucleation, growth, and recrystallization for cryopreservation

M Lin, H Cao, J Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The cryopreservation of biomaterials is fundamental to modern biotechnology and
biomedicine, but the biggest challenge is the formation of ice, resulting in fatal cryoinjury to …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication and Biomedical Applications of Heart-on-a-chip

Q Yang, Z Xiao, X Lv, T Zhang, H Liu - International Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heart diseases have become the main killer threatening human health, and various
methods have been developed to study heart disease. Among them, heart-on-a-chip has …

Advanced technologies for the preservation of mammalian biospecimens

H Huang, X He, ML Yarmush - Nature biomedical engineering, 2021 - nature.com
The three classical core technologies for the preservation of live mammalian biospecimens—
slow freezing, vitrification and hypothermic storage—limit the biomedical applications of …

[HTML][HTML] based cell culture platform and its emerging biomedical applications

K Ng, B Gao, KW Yong, Y Li, M Shi, X Zhao, Z Li… - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Paper has recently attracted increasing attention as a substrate for various biomedical
applications. By modifying its physical and chemical properties, paper can be used as an …

Perspective: Fabrication of integrated organ-on-a-chip via bioprinting

Q Yang, Q Lian, F Xu - Biomicrofluidics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Organ-on-a-chip has emerged as a powerful platform with widespread applications in
biomedical engineering, such as pathology studies and drug screening. However, the …

Hydrogel Encapsulation Facilitates Rapid‐Cooling Cryopreservation of Stem Cell‐Laden Core–Shell Microcapsules as Cell–Biomaterial Constructs

G Zhao, X Liu, K Zhu, X He - Advanced healthcare materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Core–shell structured stem cell microencapsulation in hydrogel has wide applications in
tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cell‐based therapies because it offers an …

Cryoprotectant-free cryopreservation of mammalian cells by superflash freezing

Y Akiyama, M Shinose, H Watanabe… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Cryopreservation is widely used to maintain backups of cells as it enables the
semipermanent storage of cells. During the freezing process, ice crystals that are generated …

Investigation of rapid rewarming chips for cryopreservation by joule heating

H Han, T Zhan, M Cui, N Guo, H Dang, G Yang, S Shu… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rapid and uniform rewarming is critical to cryopreservation. Current rapid rewarming
methods require complex physical field application devices (such as lasers or radio …

Conduction cooling and plasmonic heating dramatically increase droplet vitrification volumes for cell cryopreservation

L Zhan, SZ Guo, J Kangas, Q Shao, M Shiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet vitrification has emerged as a promising ice‐free cryopreservation approach to
provide a supply chain for off‐the‐shelf cell products in cell therapy and regenerative …

Conduction‐Dominated Cryomesh for Organism Vitrification

Z Guo, N Zuchowicz, J Bouwmeester… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Vitrification‐based cryopreservation is a promising approach to achieving long‐term storage
of biological systems for maintaining biodiversity, healthcare, and sustainable food …