“…For example, it was found that the influ ence of low molecular mass electrolytes is mainly related to the lyotropic properties of the latter [16][17][18][19][20], while, in the presence of polymer additives, phase separation processes take place due to the thermody namic incompatibility of macromolecules with differ ent chemical structures in a common solvent [6,7,21,22]. When any dispersed fillers (solid particles [23][24][25][26], viscoelastic gels [25,27,28], microorganism cells [8,23,29,30], gas bubbles [31][32][33], microdroplets of liquids immiscible with PVA solutions [34,35], or nanoparticles [36][37][38][39]) are incorporated into an initial PVA solution, subsequent cryogenic treatment of such suspensions, foams, or emulsions results in the forma tion of composite cryogels, the physical characteristics and structures of which are governed by a large number of factors.…”