Nanocalorimetry

Jean-Luc Garden (1) , Olivier Bourgeois (2)

1 NEEL - Institut Néel
2 NEEL - TPS - Thermodynamique et biophysique des petits systèmes

1. Definition Calorimetry is the part of thermodynamics which aims to measure any quantity of heat (enthalpy, specific heat, heat release) stored, released or brought into play in any state of matter, in a reaction, or in phase transitions [Lavoisier1780]. More precisely, the terminology of "Nanocalorimetry" may cover different concepts depending on the area of science where it is used. It concerns any calorimetric method in which either the samples to be studied have a size in the range of the nanometer scale or the measured energies involved are of the order of the nanojoule or below.

Mots clés: nanocalorimetry

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

Jean-Luc Garden, Olivier Bourgeois. Nanocalorimetry. Springer. Encyclopedia of nanotechnolgy, Bhushan, Bharat (Ed.), pp.1491-1504, 2012. ⟨hal-01002832⟩