Differential scanning calorimeter

材料的特性通常会随着温度的变化而发生剧烈变化，了解这些变化对许多应用至关重要。 差示扫描量热法（DSC）是一种广泛使用的技术，其探测作为温度的函数的进入和离开材料的热传递的变化。 这又使得可以以高精度检测相变（例如熔点），并获得关于材料在不同温度下如何有序或无序的相当多的细节。 这种技术对化学反应也很敏感，这些反应总是伴随着热量的吸收或释放。 SFU的研究人员将利用这种仪器来探测各种材料的订购，包括液晶，燃料电池，光伏材料（即太阳能电池），药物释放平台和生物细胞膜。

Materials properties can often change drastically with variations in temperature, and understanding these changes is crucial to many applications. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a widely used technique that probes changes in the transfer of heat into and out of a material as a function of temperature. This, in turn, makes it possible to detect phase transitions (e.g. melting points) with a high degree of accuracy, and to obtain considerable detail regarding how ordered or disordered a material is at different temperatures. This technique is also sensitive to chemical reactions, which are invariably accompanied by heat being absorbed or released. Researchers at SFU will employ this instrumentation to probe the ordering a wide variety of materials, including liquid crystals, fuel cells, photovoltaic materials (i.e. solar cells), drug-release platforms and biological cell membranes.