Brochures & Manuals

• The ASC booklet

  In this folder, an introduction to the concept of ASC is illustrated with a selection of measurements. Selected subjects are large melting transitions, delicate transitions involving small amounts of energy, lipid suspensions and the advantages of enthalpy in data analysis.
  Link to The ASC booklet.

Application notes

The application notes below are provided as PDF-files, which can be viewed with a pdf reader such as Adobe Reader.

• Heat capacity study on the model liquid crystal 8CB: ASC vs DSC

  In this note, the liquid-crystalline phase transitions of the model liquid crystal 8CB are discussed, with attention for the presence of the latent heat and the thermodynamic order of the phase transitions. Also, a comparison is made with a rate-dependency study using DSC.

• Heat capacity and enthalpy of model PCM: Alkanes

  The thermal storage capacity in phase change materials is expressed through the temperature-dependent enthalpy, which can be determined excellently by ASC. And in addition, high-resolution data on the rotator phase transitions is acquired.

• High-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetry on the melting transition of gallium

  The melting point of gallium is used as a reference point in thermometry. In this note, heat capacity and enthalpy around this melting transition are discussed, and the results are compared to high-quality literature DSC and step calorimeter data.

• Study of model lipid biomembranes with high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetry

  Aqueous solutions of lipid molecules are models for biological membranes. This note discusses the applicability of ASC, the effect of dilution and compares with microcalorimeter data.

• High-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetry on the melting transition of ice

  In this note, ASC data for the melting of ice into water are compared with those a custom high-resolution DSC.

Papers

A full overview of ASC literature can be found on the overview page at the ATF website.

Here we provide a list of selected papers, presenting data and results obtained with the modern pASC calorimeters.

• High-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetry applied to the phase transitions in the n-alkanes tetradecane and tetracosane.

  Jan Leys, Christ Glorieux, and Jan Thoen.
  Proceedings of the 31th International Thermal Conductivity Conference and 19th International Thermal Expansion Symposium, June 26–30, 2011, Saguenay, Qc, Canada, Editors L. Kiss and L. St.-Georges, pp. 57-66 (2013).
  ISBN 978-1-60595-055-6.
  Link to the publisher's website.
  Link to Google Books.

• Application of a novel type of adiabatic scanning calorimeter for high-resolution thermal data near the melting point of gallium.

  Jan Leys, Patricia Losada-Pérez, Christ Glorieux, and Jan Thoen.
  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 117(1), 173–187 (2014).
  Link to the journal's website.

• Investigation of the melting behavior of the reference materials biphenyl and phenyl salicylate by a new type adiabatic scanning calorimeter.

  Jan Leys, Patricia Losada-Pérez, Eli Slenders, Christ Glorieux, and Jan Thoen.
  Thermochimica Acta 582, 68–76 (2014).
  Link to the journal's website.

• Phase transitions in lipid vesicles detected by a complementary set of methods: heat-transfer measurements, adiabatic scanning calorimetry, and dissipation-mode quartz crystal microbalance.

  P. Losada-Pérez, K. L. Jiménez-Monroy, B. van Grinsven, J. Leys, S. D. Janssens, M. Peeters, C. Glorieux, J. Thoen, K. Haenen, W. De Ceuninck, and P. Wagner.
  Physica Status Solidi A 211(6), 1377–1388 (2014).
  Link to the journal's website.

• Phase transitions of binary lipid mixtures: a combined study by adiabatic scanning calorimetry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring.

  P. Losada-Pérez, N. Mertens, B. de Medio-Vasconcelos, E. Slenders, J. Leys, M. Peeters, B. van Grinsven, J. Gruber, C. Glorieux, H. Pfeiffer, P. Wagner, and J. Thoen.
  Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2015, 479318 (2015).
  Link to the journal's website.