Ultrafast cooling is the key to successful cell vitrification cryopreservation of lower concentration cryoprotective solution. This research develops a cell cryopreservation methodology which utilizes thin film evaporation and achieves vitrification of relatively low concentration cryoprotectant with an ultrafast cooling rate. Experimental results show that the average cooling rate of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) cryoprotective solution reaches 150,000 °C/min in a temperature range from 10 °C to −180 °C. The ultrafast cooling rate can remarkably improve the vitrification tendencies of the cryoprotective solution. This methodology opens the possibility for more successful cell vitrification cryopreservation.
Issue Section:
Heat and Mass Transfer
Keywords:
Bio-Heat and mass transfer,
Evaporation,
Low temperature heat transfer,
Micro heat transfer,
Boiling,
Condensation,
Nanoscale heat transfer
Topics:
Cooling,
Cryonics,
Evaporation,
Nitrogen,
Temperature,
Thin films,
Vitrification,
Pool boiling,
Heat
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