Differential scanning calorimeter

材料性质通常会随着温度的变化而急剧变化，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，它可以探测热量随温度的变化而进入和流出材料的变化。反过来，这使得以高精度检测相变（例如熔点）成为可能，并获得关于材料在不同温度下的有序或无序程度的相当详细的信息。这种技术对化学反应也很敏感，因为化学反应总是伴随着热量的吸收或释放。SFU的研究人员将使用该仪器探测各种各样的材料，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.