Calorimetry

Calorimetry revolves around measuring changes in energy, specifically heat (q), between a system (the reaction occurring) and its surroundings. CISUP provides different types of calorimeters:

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC): a thermoanalytical technique that measures the difference in the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a sample and reference as a function of temperature. It is widely used to study phase transitions like melting and crystallization.

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC): a technique measures the heat released or absorbed when molecules interact (e.g., protein-ligand binding), determining binding affinities and thermodynamic parameters in real-time.

Fast Scanning Chip Calorimetry (Flash DSC): an ultra-fast thermal analysis technique that allows researchers to measure heat absorption or release during phase transitions and chemical reactions at extreme heating rates (up to 2.400.000 K/min) and cooling rates (up to 240.000 K/min)