Vitrification of emulsified dilute aqueous sucrose solutions at high pressures

The supercooling and glass-forming behavior of aqueous sucrose solution was investigated using emulsified sucrose solutions at high pressures. It is shown that emulsified aqueous sucrose solution with the sucrose concentration being as low as 1 m (m: molality) is glass-forming at high pressures above 190 MPa. This finding may form the basis of a useful vitrification method for cryo-preservation of living cells and tissues at high pressures.