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Janus regulation of ice growth by hyperbranched polyglycerols generating dynamic hydrogen bonding

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  • Sang Yup Lee

    (Korea University
    Korea University)

  • Minseong Kim

    (Yonsei University)

  • Tae Kyung Won

    (Korea University
    Korea University)

  • Seung Hyuk Back

    (Korea University
    Korea University)

  • Youngjoo Hong

    (Yonsei University)

  • Byeong-Su Kim

    (Yonsei University)

  • Dong June Ahn

    (Korea University
    Korea University
    Korea University)

Abstract

In this study, a new phenomenon describing the Janus effect on ice growth by hyperbranched polyglycerols, which can align the surrounding water molecules, has been identified. Even with an identical polyglycerol, we not only induced to inhibit ice growth and recrystallization, but also to promote the growth rate of ice that is more than twice that of pure water. By investigating the polymer architecture and population, we found that the stark difference in the generation of quasi-structured H2O molecules at the ice/water interface played a crucial role in the outcome of these opposite effects. Inhibition activity was induced when polymers at nearly fixed loci formed steady hydrogen bonding with the ice surface. However, the formation-and-dissociation dynamics of the interfacial hydrogen bonds, originating from and maintained by migrating polymers, resulted in an enhanced quasi-liquid layer that facilitated ice growth. Such ice growth activity is a unique property unseen in natural antifreeze proteins or their mimetic materials.

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  • Sang Yup Lee & Minseong Kim & Tae Kyung Won & Seung Hyuk Back & Youngjoo Hong & Byeong-Su Kim & Dong June Ahn, 2022. "Janus regulation of ice growth by hyperbranched polyglycerols generating dynamic hydrogen bonding," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-34300-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34300-x
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