Spelt J K, Absolom D R, Zingg W, van Oss C J, Neumann A W
Cell Biophys. 1982 Jun-Sep;4(2-3):117-31. doi: 10.1007/BF02918308.
The freezing front technique for solid surface tension measurements was used to obtain the surface tensions of glutaraldehyde-fixed human erythrocytes, and fresh human lymphocytes and granulocytes in aqueous media. The results agree well with the values obtained by other methods and indicate that the freezing front technique is sufficiently sensitive to detect small differences (of the order of 0.1 ergs/cm2) in surface tension. This property, along with a number of applications for which it is uniquely suited, makes the freezing front technique an important new approach to the measurement of the surface tensions of biological cells and of small particles in general.
采用凝固前沿技术测量固体表面张力，以获取戊二醛固定的人红细胞、新鲜人淋巴细胞和粒细胞在水性介质中的表面张力。结果与其他方法得到的值吻合良好，表明凝固前沿技术足够灵敏，能够检测到表面张力的微小差异（约0.1尔格/平方厘米）。这一特性以及它特别适合的一些应用，使凝固前沿技术成为测量生物细胞和一般小颗粒表面张力的一种重要新方法。
