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VA64 showed a b<strong>as</strong>eline shift at 105 o C which is reported <strong>as</strong> Tg and <strong>the</strong>re is ano<strong>the</strong>rendo<strong>the</strong>rmic peak visible at about 200 o C which correspond to decomposition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> polymer.As Fig. 4.1c shows <strong>the</strong> low temperature Tg is related to <strong>the</strong> PMOL loading with descendingorder <strong>of</strong> PMOL (30%)>PMOL (40%)>PMOL (50%) (41.1 o C, 37.7 o C, 27.6 o C) and areelevated at higher temperature in comparison to amorphous PMOL Tg (25 o C). Thetrans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> PMOL from Form I to amorphous is supported by <strong>the</strong> disappearance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>melt</strong>ing endo<strong>the</strong>rmic peak at 169 o C. As a result we could rule out <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> molecularlydispersed PMOL within <strong>the</strong> VA64 matrix which can be recognised by <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> onesingle mixed–ph<strong>as</strong>e Tg. In our c<strong>as</strong>e, <strong>the</strong> two consecutive gl<strong>as</strong>s transitions indicate <strong>the</strong>presence <strong>of</strong> amorphous mixtures and an amorphous/amorphous ph<strong>as</strong>e separation. Thisobservation is not unusual <strong>as</strong> similar results have been observed <strong>for</strong> itraconazole/EPO100solid dispersions [38] .Fig. 4.1c: MTDSC <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> PMOL/VA64 extrudates at different PMOL loadings.XRPD w<strong>as</strong> employed to investigate <strong>the</strong> crystalline state <strong>of</strong> PMOL within <strong>the</strong> polymermatrices. The standard XRPD patterns <strong>of</strong> pure PMOL, physical mixtures with EudragitEPO, and extrudates are depicted in Fig. 4.2a.72 | P a g e

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