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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2016 Jan 21;33:264–274. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.026

Table 1.

Effects of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and cryoprotectant solution in the straw on the vitrified cryopreservation.

Trehalose Fe3O4 NPs PROH:EG (1:1)
1.0 M 1.5 M 2.0 M
W/O W/O +
W
0.5 M W/O +
W +
1.0 M W/O −/+ +
W +

The symbols + and − represent apparent vitrification and appearance of visible ice crystal (opacity) in the whole solution volume, respectively. The symbol “−/+” indicates partial apparent vitrification.