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Determining the Ice-binding Planes of Antifreeze Proteins by Fluorescence-based Ice Plane Affinity
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2014
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) bind to specific planes of ice to prevent or slow ice growth. Fluorescence-based ice plane affinity (FIPA) analysis is a modification of the original ice-etching method for determination of AFP-bound ice planes. AFPs are fluorescently labeled, incorporated into macroscopic single ice crystals, and visualized under UV light.
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Identification of Plant Ice-binding Proteins Through Assessment of Ice-recrystallization Inhibition and Isolation Using Ice-affinity Purification
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2017
This paper outlines the identification of ice-binding proteins from freeze-tolerant plants through the assessment of ice-recrystallization inhibition activity and subsequent isolation of native IBPs using ice-affinity purification.
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The Use of High-resolution Infrared Thermography (HRIT) for the Study of Ice Nucleation and Ice Propagation in Plants
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2015
Here we present a protocol that allows one to visualize sites of ice formation and avenues of ice propagation in plants utilizing high resolution infrared thermography (HRIT).
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A Computer Vision System for the Assessment of Ice Cream Melting Behavior
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2024
Here, we present a protocol based on a computer vision system (CVS) to determine the melting behavior of multi-phase food systems.
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LabVIEW-operated Novel Nanoliter Osmometer for Ice Binding Protein Investigations
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2013
Ice binding proteins (IBPs), also known as antifreeze proteins, inhibit ice growth and are a promising additive for use in the cryopreservation of tissues. The main tool used to investigate IBPs is the nanoliter osmometer. We developed a home-designed cooling stage mounted on an optical microscope and controlled using a custom-built LabVIEW routine. The nanoliter osmometer described here manipulated the sample temperature in an ultra-sensitive manner.
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Mesogenic units provide an ordered internal structure within the crosslinked epoxy network. When that order changes, the network converts molecular rearrangement into a macroscopic dimensional response, such as contraction, expansion, or shape change. The alignment therefore links liquid-crystal organization to elastic behavior, allowing researchers to design materials whose deformation follows a programmed structural response.
The epoxy network provides a stable, elastic framework that holds the mesogenic components together while still permitting stimulus-responsive reorganization. This combination helps preserve dimensional stability during repeated changes in state, rather than allowing the material to behave as an unconstrained liquid-crystal system. In bioengineering designs, that stability supports controlled motion and shape retention.
Temperature changes can disrupt the ordered arrangement of mesogenic units within the network. As the internal order changes, the material responds through contraction, expansion, or another programmed deformation; returning the system toward its previous condition can restore the earlier arrangement and shape. This reversibility makes temperature a useful way to control motion without permanently reshaping the material.
Ordinary elastic materials can deform and recover, but they do not necessarily contain an ordered liquid-crystal structure that links internal organization to actuation. Epoxy-based LCEs add this order-dependent response to rubber-like elasticity. Consequently, engineers can pursue materials that both tolerate deformation and change dimensions in response to a stimulus, rather than relying only on passive elasticity.
Development begins by selecting the desired mesogenic alignment and the mechanical response required for the device or material. Researchers then establish the crosslinked epoxy network, expose the system to the relevant stimulus, and assess its dimensional change, stiffness, and shape response. These evaluations help determine whether the resulting behavior matches a targeted actuator, adaptive device, or tissue-engineering function.
Potential applications include soft actuators, adaptive biomedical devices, and tissue-engineering materials. Their reversible contraction, expansion, or shape change can provide controlled mechanical action, while tunable stiffness and dimensional stability help the material maintain a useful form. These characteristics also support biomimetic systems intended to reproduce aspects of dynamic biological motion.
Biological structures often change shape or generate motion rather than remaining mechanically static. Epoxy-based LCEs offer a material platform that can couple ordered internal organization with elastic deformation, creating programmable responses that resemble dynamic biological behavior. In tissue-engineering contexts, their tunable stiffness and stimulus responsiveness provide design features for materials intended to interact with changing mechanical environments.