Title |
Ice Shaping Properties, Similar to That of Antifreeze Proteins, of a Zirconium Acetate Complex
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2011
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0026474 |
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Authors |
Sylvain Deville, Céline Viazzi, Jérôme Leloup, Audrey Lasalle, Christian Guizard, Eric Maire, Jérôme Adrien, Laurent Gremillard |
Abstract |
The control of the growth morphologies of ice crystals is a critical issue in fields as diverse as biomineralization, medicine, biology, civil or food engineering. Such control can be achieved through the ice-shaping properties of specific compounds. The development of synthetic ice-shaping compounds is inspired by the natural occurrence of such properties exhibited by antifreeze proteins. We reveal how a particular zirconium acetate complex is exhibiting ice-shaping properties very similar to that of antifreeze proteins, albeit being a radically different compound. We use these properties as a bioinspired approach to template unique faceted pores in cellular materials. These results suggest that ice-structuring properties are not exclusive to long organic molecules and should broaden the field of investigations and applications of such substances. |
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