In this thesis, a surface modification approach through the spraying of sugar sacrificial particles and a study of the spraying distance on the quenching performance are highlighted. This approach intends to reduce the gap between commercial and research applied heat transfer devices for a user-friendly, affordable, and robust platform that allows rapid quenching by increasing the surface roughness and wickability properties. The use of polymer substrates also allows the implementation of heat dissipation electronic industry and primarily for future cryopreservation platform that facilitates high-cooling rates due to high-surface modification profile and easy handling for rewarming. This project intends to move forward with cell/tissue applications and will be optimized to serve this purpose in future works.

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