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From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials
Ice-binding proteins (IBP) facilitate survival under extreme conditions in diverse life forms. IBPs in polar fishes block further growth of internalized environmental ice and inhibit ice recrystallization of accumulated internal crystals. Algae use IBPs to structure ice, while ice adhesion is critic...
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Royal Society of Chemistry
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28657626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02867e |
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author | Voets, I. K. |
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description | Ice-binding proteins (IBP) facilitate survival under extreme conditions in diverse life forms. IBPs in polar fishes block further growth of internalized environmental ice and inhibit ice recrystallization of accumulated internal crystals. Algae use IBPs to structure ice, while ice adhesion is critical for the Antarctic bacterium Marinomonas primoryensis. Successful translation of this natural cryoprotective ability into man-made materials holds great promise but is still in its infancy. This review covers recent advances in the field of ice-binding proteins and their synthetic analogues, highlighting fundamental insights into IBP functioning as a foundation for the knowledge-based development of cheap, bio-inspired mimics through scalable production routes. Recent advances in the utilisation of IBPs and their analogues to e.g. improve cryopreservation, ice-templating strategies, gas hydrate inhibition and other technologies are presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-57083492018-01-05 From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials Voets, I. K. Soft Matter Chemistry Ice-binding proteins (IBP) facilitate survival under extreme conditions in diverse life forms. IBPs in polar fishes block further growth of internalized environmental ice and inhibit ice recrystallization of accumulated internal crystals. Algae use IBPs to structure ice, while ice adhesion is critical for the Antarctic bacterium Marinomonas primoryensis. Successful translation of this natural cryoprotective ability into man-made materials holds great promise but is still in its infancy. This review covers recent advances in the field of ice-binding proteins and their synthetic analogues, highlighting fundamental insights into IBP functioning as a foundation for the knowledge-based development of cheap, bio-inspired mimics through scalable production routes. Recent advances in the utilisation of IBPs and their analogues to e.g. improve cryopreservation, ice-templating strategies, gas hydrate inhibition and other technologies are presented. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-07-28 2017-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5708349/ /pubmed/28657626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02867e Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is freely available. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Voets, I. K. From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title | From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title_full | From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title_fullStr | From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title_full_unstemmed | From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title_short | From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
title_sort | from ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28657626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02867e |
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