Survival of mouse blastocysts after low-temperature preservation under high pressure

2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cs. Pribenszky ◽  
M. Molnár ◽  
S. Cseh ◽  
L. Solti
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
High Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Embryo Cryopreservation ◽  
Subzero Temperatures ◽  
Survival Capacity

Cryoinjuries are almost inevitable during the freezing of embryos. The present study examines the possibility of using high hydrostatic pressure to reduce substantially the freezing point of the embryo-holding solution, in order to preserve embryos at subzero temperatures, thus avoiding all the disadvantages of freezing. The pressure of 210 MPa lowers the phase transition temperature of water to -21°C. According to the results of this study, embryos can survive in high hydrostatic pressure environment at room temperature; the time embryos spend under pressure without significant loss in their survival could be lengthened by gradual decompression. Pressurisation at 0°C significantly reduced the survival capacity of the embryos; gradual decompression had no beneficial effect on survival at that stage. Based on the findings, the use of the phenomena is not applicable in this form, since pressure and low temperature together proved to be lethal to the embryos in these experiments. The application of hydrostatic pressure in embryo cryopreservation requires more detailed research, although the experience gained in this study can be applied usefully in different circumstances.

Effect of high pressure on various diffusion mechanisms in oxygen-deficient ReBa2Cu3O7−x (Re = Y, Ho) single crystals

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950039
Author(s):  
G. Ya. Khadzhai ◽  
N. R. Vovk ◽  
R. V. Vovk ◽  
I. L. Goulatis ◽  
O. V. Dobrovolskiy
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
High Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Diffusion Mechanisms ◽  
Diffusion Coalescence

The effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the relaxation of the electrical resistivity at room temperature of oxygen-nonstoichiometric [Formula: see text] (Re = Y, Ho) single crystals is investigated. The application of hydrostatic pressure has been revealed to significantly intensify the process of diffusion coalescence in the oxygen subsystem. At the same time, the intensity of the redistribution of labile oxygen is significantly changed when yttrium is replaced by holmium.

Phase Transitions and Water Dynamics of [Mn(H2O)6](ClO4 )2 Studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Neutron Scattering Methods

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 759-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mikuli ◽  
A. Migdał-Mikuli ◽  
I. Natkaniec ◽  
J. Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Neutron Scattering ◽  
Structural Phase Transition ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Structural Phase ◽  
Water Dynamics ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Solid Phases

Abstract DSC measurements performed at 95 -290 K have shown that [Mn(H 2 O) 6 ](CIO 4) 2 possesses, besides a high-temperature phase, existing above 323 K, four low-temperature solid phases. The inelastic incoherent neutron scattering (IINS) spectra and neutron powder diffraction (NPD) pat-terns registered at 20 -290 K have supported the DSC results and provided evidence that the investigated substance possesses even more than five solid phases. The IINS spectra have shown that in the room-temperature phase, water molecules perform fast stochastic reorientation at the picosecond scale. The orientational disorder characteristic for the room-temperature phase can be easily overcooled and frozen. Even by relatively slow cooling at ca. 40 K/hour a metastable, orientational (protonic) glass phase is formed below ca. 160 K. Below ca. 100 K, a structural phase transition was observed by the NPD, however the IINS spectra indicate existence of the pure ordered low-temperature phase only after annealing the sample for a few hours at 100 K. On heating, a structural phase transition takes place at ca. 120 K, and at ca. 225 K water molecules begin fast reorientation.

Inactivation Kinetics of Three Listeria monocytogenes Strains under High Hydrostatic Pressure

2008 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 2007-2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
INEKE K. H. VAN BOEIJEN ◽  
ROY MOEZELAAR ◽  
TJAKKO ABEE ◽  
MARCEL H. ZWIETERING
Keyword(s):  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
High Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Inactivation Kinetics ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Survival Capacity ◽  
D Values ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Stable Feature

High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) inactivation of three Listeria monocytogenes strains (EGDe, LO28, and Scott A) subjected to 350 MPa at 20°C in ACES buffer resulted in survival curves with significant tailing for all three strains. A biphasic linear model could be fitted to the inactivation data, indicating the presence of an HHP-sensitive and an HHP-resistant fraction, which both showed inactivation according to first-order kinetics. Inactivation parameters of these subpopulations of the three strains were quantified in detail. EGDe showed the highest D-values for the sensitive and resistant fraction, whereas LO28 and Scott A showed lower HHP resistance for both fractions. Survivors isolated from the tail of LO28 and EGDe were analyzed, and it was revealed that the higher resistance of LO28 was a stable feature for 24% (24 of 102) of the resistant fraction. These HHP-resistant variants were 10 to 600,000 times more resistant than wild type when exposed to 350 MPa at 20°C for 20 min. Contrary to these results, no stable HHP-resistant isolates were found for EGDe (0 of 102). The possible effect of HHP survival capacity of stress-resistant genotypic and phenotypic variants of L. monocytogenes on the safety of HHP-processed foods is discussed.

Note: Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Extraction of Flavonoids in Propolis

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Shouqin ◽  
X. Jun ◽  
W. Changzheng
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
High Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Experimental Results

The effect of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) on the extraction of flavonoids components (chrysin and galangin) of propolis was studied. The experimental results showed that HHP did not modify their molecular structure. The extraction yields of flavonoids compounds by HHP for 1min were even higher than those obtained with extraction at room temperature (ERT) for 7 days. These excellent results showed a bright prospect for extraction of flavonoids components from propolis.

scholarly journals The low-temperature triclinic crystal structure of silver 3-sulfobenzoic acid

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 1275-1278
Author(s):  
Reuben T. Bettinger ◽  
Philip J. Squattrito ◽  
Darpandeep Aulakh
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Monoclinic Structure ◽  
Structure Space ◽  
Reversible Phase Transition ◽  
Triclinic Structure ◽  
Reversible Phase ◽  
Acidic Hydrogen

Poly[(μ4-3-carboxybenzenesulfonato)silver(I)], Ag(O3SC6H4CO2H) or [Ag(C7H5O5S)] n , has been found to undergo a reversible phase transition from monoclinic to triclinic between 160 and 150 K. The low-temperature triclinic structure (space group P\overline{1}) has been determined at 100 K. In contrast to the reported room temperature monoclinic structure, in which the nearly equivalent carboxylate C—O distances indicate that the acidic hydrogen is randomly distributed between the O atoms, at 100 K the C—O (protonated) and C=O (unprotonated) bonds are clearly resolved, resulting in the reduction in symmetry from C2/c to P\overline{1}.

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