In nature, many biological organisms have developed the exceptional antifreezing ability to
survive in extremely cold environments. Inspired by the freeze resistance of these …

The cryopreservation of biomaterials is fundamental to modern biotechnology and
biomedicine, but the biggest challenge is the formation of ice, resulting in fatal cryoinjury to …

Understanding the ice recrystallisation inhibition (IRI) activity of antifreeze biomimetics is
crucial to the development of the next generation of cryoprotectants. In this work, we bring …

Hyperactive insect antifreeze proteins and bacterial ice-nucleating proteins are arguably the
most potent ice-binding molecules in nature. These highly effective proteins bind ice through …

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) inhibit ice growth in organisms living in cold environments.
Hyperactive insect AFPs are particularly effective, binding ice through “anchored clathrate” …

Cold acclimatized organisms produce antifreeze proteins that prevent ice growth and
recrystallization at subfreezing conditions. Flatness and rigidity of the ice-binding sites of …

Gold (Au) colloids are becoming ubiquitous across biomedical engineering, solar energy
conversion, and nano-optics. Such universality has originated from the exotic plasmonic …

We developed a quantitative approach to quantum chemical microsolvation. Key in our
methodology is the automatic placement of individual solvent molecules based on the free …

The antifreeze mechanism of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) evolved by organisms has been
widely studied. However, detailed knowledge of the synergy between AFPs and ice crystals …

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) have the ability to inhibit ice growth by binding to ice nuclei. Their
ice-binding mechanism is still unclear, yet the hydration layer is thought to play a …