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ArticlePloS one2015

Large Thermal Conductivity Differences between the Crystalline and Vitrified States of DMSO with Applications to Cryopreservation.

Lili E Ehrlich, Justin S G Feig, Scott N Schiffres, Jonathan A Malen, Yoed Rabin

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lili E EhrlichDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America.
Justin S G FeigDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America.
Scott N SchiffresDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America.
Jonathan A MalenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America.
Yoed RabinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America.
Carnegie Mellon University · US

Funding

Developing a device for visualization of large-scale cryopreservationR21RR026210 · NCRR · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI RABIN, YOED · 2010 to 2011
$309k
Developing a device for visualization of large-scale cryopreservationR21GM103407 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI RABIN, YOED · 2012 to 2012
$117k
NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR026210NCRR NIH HHS R21RR026210NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM103407NIGMS NIH HHS R21GM103407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermal conductivity of dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) solution is measured in this study using a transient hot wire technique, where DMSO is a key ingredient in many cryoprotective agent (CPA) cocktails. Characterization of thermal properties of cryoprotective agents is essential to the analysis of cryopreservation processes, either when evaluating experimental data or for the design of new protocols. Also presented are reference measurements of thermal conductivity for pure water ice and glycerol. The thermal conductivity measurement setup is integrated into the experimentation stage of a scanning cryomacroscope apparatus, which facilitates the correlation of measured data with visualization of physical events. Thermal conductivity measurements were conducted for a DMSO concentration range of 2M and 10M, in a temperature range of -180°C and 25°C. Vitrified samples showed decreased thermal conductivity with decreasing temperature, while crystalline samples showed increased thermal conductivity with decreasing temperature. These different behaviors result in up to a tenfold difference in thermal conductivity at -180°C. Such dramatic differences can drastically impact heat transfer during cryopreservation and their quantification is therefore critical to cryobiology.

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Thermal ConductivityCryopreservationCrystallizationDimethyl SulfoxideVitrificationDimethyl Sulfoxide

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PMID25985058
PMCPMC4436132
OpenAlexW363236993

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