Using Linkam’s HFS600E-PB4 Linkam probe stage at temperatures down to -70 °C (200K), this study looks at how temperature-dependent phase transitions affect the properties of piezoelectric materials, finding that ideal properties peaked around the low-temperature phase transitions.
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Researchers used the Linkam CMS196 for imaging cryopreserved human prostate cancer cells with X-ray tomography.
CMS196V4 shown above
Researchers used Linkam’s CMS196 as part of a Confocal Cryo Fluorescence Microscopy setup to image vitrified biological samples.
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Schertel, Andreas, et al. "Imaging of Vitrified Biological Specimens by Confocal Cryo Fluorescence Microscopy and Cryo FIB/SEM Tomography." European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2016.
This study, using Linkam’s FDCS196 Freeze Drying System, shows how the freeze-drying process can be used to preserve meat and discusses the effect of system pressure on the freeze drying efficiency.
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Prickett, Richelle C., et al. "Effect of supercooling and cell volume on intracellular ice formation." Cryobiology 70.2 (2015): 156-163.
Studying the effect of supercooling and cell volume on intracellular ice formation (IIF), using Linkam’s Freeze Drying system the FDCS196.
Researchers at the University of Ottowa, Canada used Linkam’s Freeze Drying system, the FDCS196 to cryopreserve red blood cells with slow cooling rates prior to storage at -80°C.
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Capicciotti, C.J. et al. Small Molecule Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors Enable Freezing of Human Red Blood Cells with Reduced Glycerol Concentrations. Sci. Rep. 5, 9692; DOI:10.1038/srep09692 (2015).