The effect of sucrose polymer-size on glass transition temperature, glass former fragility, and water retention during drying

Water is essential for all active life processes. Despite this, there are a number of organisms that can survive prolonged desiccation. The vitrification hypothesis posits that such organisms survive desiccation by forming non-crystalline amorphous (vitrified) solids, often through the accumulation...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Materials
Main Authors:	U. G. V. S. S. Kumara, John F. Ramirez, Thomas C. Boothby
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Subjects:	vitrification sucrose polysucrose glycerol glass transition glass former fragility
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2024.1351671/full