2.2.6. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

A thermal analysis was performed by carefully weighting dried samples and placing them in 40 μL aluminum pans that were sealed with a lid containing three vent holes. The samples were subjected to DSC runs in a temperature ranging from 25 to 400 ◦C with a heating rate of 10 ◦C/min using a Mettler Toledo DSC 822 e/700 (Greifensee, Switzerland) under nitrogen purge [22]. An empty aluminum pan was used as a reference. The equipment was calibrated with an indium standard.
