Kinetics of antifreeze protein-induced ice growth inhibition.
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) depress the freezing temperature of a solution in a non-colligative manner, by arresting the growth of ice crystals. The kinetics of this effect, studied here for the first time using a new technique called temperature gradient thermometry, are consistent with an adsorption-mediated inhibitory mechanism. The results obtained by this approach provide a new experimental basis for understanding AFP interaction with ice.
Chapsky
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
Rubinsky
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D021301:Antifreeze Proteins; D003460:Crystallization; D005615:Freezing; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007053:Ice; D007700:Kinetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012996:Solutions; D013696:Temperature
D021301:Antifreeze Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007053:Ice; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012996:Solutions