8. Glass Formation of Aqueous Solutions of DMSO, Glycerol and Ethylene Glycol at High Pressures and the Pressure Dependence of Their Glass Transition Temperatures(the 47th Annual Meeting)

Abstract

As possible cryoprotectants for cryopreservation of living plant cells at high pressures, supercooling behavior of aqueous solutions of DMSO, glycerol and ethylene glycol was investigated as a function of pressure. It is shown that glass formations of aqueous glycerol and ethylene glycol solutions are enhanced at high pressures. Glass transition temperature (T_g) increases with increasing pressure for all three solutions at R=3 (R=moles of water/moles of solute)..