Publications by authors named "Celine Viazzi"
Article Synopsis
- The control of ice nucleation and growth is important for various natural and engineering applications, but few compounds can directly interact with ice crystals.
- Recent findings show that zirconium acetate exhibits ice-structuring properties comparable to ice-structuring proteins found in some organisms, though its mechanism is not fully understood.
- By studying the concentration of zirconium acetate and its effects on ice crystal growth, the authors suggest that it forms a polymer structure that binds to ice crystals through hydrogen bonding, slowing their growth.
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.
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