STABILITY OF AMORPHOUS STATE IN SYSTEM WATER-GLYCEROL-DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE
STABILITY OF AMORPHOUS STATE IN SYSTEM WATER-GLYCEROL-DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE
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DOI:
10.1016/0011-2240(78)90012-3
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
KAUFMANN, A
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作者:
BOUTRON, P;KAUFMANN, A
In aqueous solutions containing both glycerol and DMSO [dimethylsulfoxide], the various states during rewarming after quenching were identified by X-ray diffraction. The amorphous state of the whole solution was observed at very low temperatures. The eutectic was seen by X-rays after rewarming only in the solutions containing mainly DMSO. In the other solutions only pure ice was seen. It crystallizes directly in the hexagonal system, if enough DMSO is present; otherwise, a mixture of cubic and hexagonal ice appears first. The temperature of the end of fusion and the devitrification temperature were measured with a scanning differential calorimeter for a wide range of warming rates. From these measurements was deduced the stability of the amorphous state, defined by the critical heating rate above which no crystallization occurs. That stability presents no maximum, but increases from glycerol to DMSO for a given water concentration. A small amount of glycerol in a solution of DMSO greatly enhances the difficulty of crystallization of the eutectic, without decreasing the stability of the amorphous state of the whole solution by much. Those containing about 10% (weight/weight) glycerol/(glycerol + DMSO) are better cryoprotectants than those with only DMSO, at least for low cooling or warming rates where the eutectic may have enough time to crystallize, eventually with deleterious effects, outside or inside the cells.