title: Introduction to the special issue: Thermodynamic aspects of cryobiology.
abstract: This brief paper introduces the subject of thermodynamics and the papers of the special issue on thermodynamic aspects of cryobiology. Thermodynamic terminology is defined for the non-specialist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2V4. janet.elliott@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Janet A W
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods*; D003451:Cryoprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D019277:Entropy; D005615:Freezing; D005740:Gases; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D007700:Kinetics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D003451:Cryoprotective Agents; D005740:Gases; D007053:Ice; D011506:Proteins