Chemical approaches to cryopreservation

KA Murray, MI Gibson - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Cryopreservation of cells and biologics underpins all biomedical research from routine
sample storage to emerging cell-based therapies, as well as ensuring cell banks provide …

Bioinspired Freeze‐Tolerant Soft Materials: Design, Properties, and Applications

Z Wang, C Valenzuela, J Wu, Y Chen, L Wang, W Feng - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many biological organisms have developed the exceptional antifreezing ability to
survive in extremely cold environments. Inspired by the freeze resistance of these …

Hydrogen bonding and other non-covalent interactions at the surfaces of cellulose microfibrils

MC Jarvis - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
It is now established that crystalline cellulose is held together not just by hydrogen bonding,
but also by dispersion forces and by electrostatic attraction modulated by stereoelectronic …

Stretchable temperature-responsive multimodal neuromorphic electronic skin with spontaneous synaptic plasticity recovery

Y Wang, D Liu, Y Zhang, L Fan, Q Ren, S Ma… - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multimodal electronic skin devices capable of detecting multimodal signals provide the
possibility for health monitoring. Sensing and memory for temperature and deformation by …

Trehalose in biomedical cryopreservation–properties, mechanisms, delivery methods, applications, benefits, and problems

Y Hu, X Liu, F Liu, J Xie, Q Zhu… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cells and tissues are the foundation of translational medicine. At present, one of the main
technological obstacles is their preservation for long-term usage while maintaining …

Improving the freeze-thaw stability of fish myofibrils and myofibrillar protein gels: Current methods and future perspectives

X Feng, X Yu, Y Yang, X Tang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Freeze-thaw (FT) stability of frozen foods has been a hot topic and focus in recent years. The
FT cycles caused by the fluctuations of temperature during storage and transportation have …

Microencapsulation and nanowarming enables vitrification cryopreservation of mouse preantral follicles

C Tian, L Shen, C Gong, Y Cao, Q Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Preantral follicles are often used as models for cryopreservation and in vitro culture due to
their easy availability. As a promising approach for mammalian fertility preservation …

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 …

Regulating frozen electrolyte structure with colloidal dispersion for low temperature aqueous batteries

Q Nian, T Sun, Y Li, S Jin, S Liu, X Luo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrolyte freezing under low temperatures is a critical challenge for the development of
aqueous batteries (ABs). While lowering the freezing point of the electrolyte has caught …

Inhibition of ice recrystallization by tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) seed polysaccharide and molecular weight effects

X Sun, R Guo, Y Kou, H Song, T Zhan, J Wu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the inhibition effects of tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP)
on ice recrystallization and to figure out its possible molecular weight-dependent effects …