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Differential scanning calorimetry

About: Differential scanning calorimetry is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 50315 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1152335 citations. The topic is also known as: DSC.


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01 Sep 2012-Carbon
TL;DR: In this paper, a one-step combustion method using urea and titanyl nitrate as the fuel and oxidizer, respectively, was used to synthesize Graphene oxide (GO) and TiO2 hybrid materials with enhanced photocatalytic properties.

218 citations

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TL;DR: Although the theoretical percentage of CPM on aging remained fairly constant over the processing temperature ranges in this study, the HC levels remaining in the extruded films during storage were a function of time and temperature.
Abstract: Hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) films containing drugs or hydrophilic or hydrophobic plasticizers were prepared by a hot melt extrusion process. Polyethylene glycol 8000 (PEG 8000) 2%, triethyl citrate (TEC) 2%, acetyltributyl citrate (ATBC) 2%, and polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) 1% were the plasticizing agents studied. In addition, either hydrocortisone (HC) 1% or chlorpheniramine maleate (CPM) 1% was incorporated into the films as a model drug. The physical-mechanical properties of the films that were investigated included tensile strength (TS), percentage elongation (%E), and Young's modulus (YM). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was utilized to determine glass transition temperatures (Tg' s). These parameters were studied as a function of time and temperature. The glass transition temperatures initially decreased with the inclusion of the drugs and plasticizers. However, after 6 months aging, films containing PEG 400 and HC showed a marked increase in Tg. The films containing PEG 400 showed phy...

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TL;DR: A new method of LBL film isolation using low-energy surfaces that facilitate the removal of substantial mass and area of the film is introduced, allowing, for the first time, the thermal and mechanical characterization that was previously difficult or impossible to perform.
Abstract: Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is a key material in solid polymer electrolytes, biomaterials, drug delivery devices, and sensors. Through the use of hydrogen bonds, layer-by-layer (LBL) assemblies allow for the incorporation of PEO in a controllable tunable thin film, but little is known about the bulk properties of LBL thin films because they are often tightly bound to the substrate of assembly. The construction technique involves alternately exposing a substrate to a hydrogen-bond-donating polymer (poly(acrylic acid)) and a hydrogen-bond-accepting polymer (PEO) in solution, producing mechanically stable interdigitated layers of PEO and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). Here, we introduce a new method of LBL film isolation using low-energy surfaces that facilitate the removal of substantial mass and area of the film, allowing, for the first time, the thermal and mechanical characterization that was previously difficult or impossible to perform. To further understand the morphology of the nanoscale blend, the glass transition is measured as a function of assembly pH via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The resulting trends give clues as to how the morphology and composition of a hydrogen-bonded composite film evolve as a function of pH. We also demonstrate that LBL films of PEO and PAA behave as flexible elastomeric blends at ambient conditions and allow for nanoscale control of thickness and film composition. Furthermore, we show that the crystallization of PEO is fully suppressed in these composite assemblies, a fact that proves advantageous for applications such as ultrathin hydrogels, membranes, and solid-state polymer electrolytes.

218 citations

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TL;DR: The observation of a smectic liquid crystalline phase for hydrated cholesterol correlates with its high surface activity and helps to explain its ability to exist in high concentrations in biological membranes.

217 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Tarasov equation to estimate the skeletal vibrational heat capacity of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT).
Abstract: Thermal analysis of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) has been carried out using standard differential scanning calorimetry and temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry. Heat capacities of the solid and liquid states of semicrystalline PTT are reported from 190 K to 570 K. The semicrystalline PTT has a glass transition temperature of about 331 K. Between 460 K and 480 K, PTT shows an exothermic ordering. The melting endotherm occurs between 480 K and 505 K with an onset temperature of 489.15 K (216 C). The heat of fusion of typical semicrystalline samples is 13.8 kJ/mol. For 100% crystalline PTT the heat of fusion is estimated to be 28--30 kJ/mol. The heat capacity of solid PTT is linked to an approximate group vibrational spectrum, and the Tarasov equation is used to estimate the skeletal vibrational heat capacity ({Theta}{sub 1} = 542 K and {Theta}{sub 3} = 42 K). A comparison of calculation and experimental heat capacities show agreement of better than {+-}2% between 190--300 K. The experimental heat capacity of liquid PTT can be expressed as a linear function of temperature: C{sub p} {sup L}(exp) = 211.6 + 0.434 T J/(K mol) and compares well with estimations from the ATHAS data bank using groupmore » contributions of other polymers with the same constituent groups ({+-} 0.5%). The change of heat capacity at T{sub g} of amorphous PTT has been estimated from the heat capacities of liquid and solid to be 86.4 J/(K mol). Knowing C{sub p} of the solid, liquid, and the transition parameters, the thermodynamic functions: enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs function were obtained.« less

217 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20231,992
20224,368
20211,646
20201,696
20191,799
20181,990