Cryopreservation technology has developed into a fundamental and important supporting
method for biomedical applications such as cell‐based therapeutics, tissue engineering …

Many engineering and industrial technologies as well as biological processes are closely
related to surface wettability. The control of surface wettability attracts much attention due to …

Predicting the formation of ice in the atmosphere presents one of the great challenges in
physical sciences with important implications for the chemistry and composition of the …

This work reports that the octahedral hydrated Al3+ and Mg2+ ions operate within
electrolytic cells as kosmotropic (long-range order-making)“ice makers” of supercooled …

Focused irradiation with ultrashort laser pulses realized the fine spatiotemporal control of ice
crystallization in supercooled water. An effective multiphoton excitation at the laser focus …

This article reviews the fundamental interfacial mechanisms underlying electrofreezing
(promotion of ice nucleation via the application of an electric field). Electrofreezing has been …

Electrostatic interactions in nanoscale systems can influence the heat transfer mechanism
and interfacial properties. This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the …

Gas hydrate formation has several applications in CO2 sequestration, flow assurance, and
desalination. Nucleation of hydrates is constrained by very high induction (wait) times, which …

This essay covers aspects concerning with the hydrophobic hydration of apolar gas (H 2,
He, Ne, N 2, O 2, Ar, CH 4, C 2 H 6, C 3 H 8, nC 4 H 10 and iC 4 H 10), solubilities in water …

Controlling the nucleation of ice is important in many areas including atmospheric sciences,
cryopreservation, food science, and infrastructure protection. Presently, we conduct …