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Constrained States Occurring in Plants Cryo-Processing and the Role of Biological Glasses

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Abstract

The freezing temperatures well below 0°C [1] are common and there are several mechanisms to assure life survival. Processes associated with water freezing (particularly in conjunction with its supercooling) have been intensively studied [2–4] for many years because their significance in the bionetwork of both plants [5] and living. In human activity they play an important role in various production from a plain ice making to the complex foodstuffs freezing [6, 7] and pharmacy finishing. Even more important role they play in the viability of plants in natural overwintering and in controlled cryopreservation of plants.

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    Turgor pressure or turgidity is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells. Turgor pressure is regarded as the driving force for cell extension and thus for plant growth.

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  2. Division of Solid-State Physics, Institute of Physics, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of CR, Cukrovarnická 10, CZ-16200, Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Zámečník, J., Šesták, J. (2011). Constrained States Occurring in Plants Cryo-Processing and the Role of Biological Glasses. In: Šesták, J., Mareš, J., Hubík, P. (eds) Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials. Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2882-2_18

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