Graphene Oxide Restricts Growth and Recrystallization of Ice Crystals

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• 作者：Dr. Hongya Geng ; Dr. Xing Liu ; Dr. Guosheng Shi ; Dr. Guoying Bai ; Prof. Ji Ma ; Prof. Jingbo Chen ; Dr. Zhuangyuan Wu ; Prof. Yanlin Song ; Prof. Haiping Fang and Prof. Jianjun Wang
• 刊名：Angewandte Chemie International Edition
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 19, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：56
• 期：4
• 页码：997-1001
• 全文大小：6643K
• ISSN：1521-3773

文摘

We show graphene oxide (GO) greatly suppresses the growth and recrystallization of ice crystals, and ice crystals display a hexagonal shape in the GO dispersion. Preferred adsorption of GO on the ice crystal surface in liquid water leads to curved ice crystal surface. Therefore, the growth of ice crystal is suppressed owing to the Gibbs–Thompson effect, that is, the curved surface lowers the freezing temperature. Molecular dynamics simulation analysis reveals that oxidized groups on the basal plane of GO form more hydrogen bonds with ice in comparison with liquid water because of the honeycomb hexagonal scaffold of graphene, giving a molecular-level mechanism for controlling ice formation. Application of GO for cryopreservation shows that addition of only 0.01 wt % of GO to a culture medium greatly increases the motility (from 24.3 % to 71.3 %) of horse sperms. This work reports the control of growth of ice with GO, and opens a new avenue for the application of 2D materials.