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3.3 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)DSC w<strong>as</strong> employed in order to analyse <strong>the</strong> solid state <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> processed drug/polymersbinary mixtures (PM) and drug/polymer extrudates (EXT). The DSC <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> PRPand DPD in Fig. 6.2a showed an endo<strong>the</strong>rmic peak corresponding to <strong>melt</strong>ing points at166.65 o C (H= -126.25 J/g) and 170.83 o C (H= -124.59 J/g) respectively. The bulkpolymers showed Tgs at 83.97 o C and 164.83 o C corresponding to L100-55 and L100respectively (Fig. 6.2a).Fig. 6.2a: DSC <strong>the</strong>rmograms <strong>of</strong> pure drugs and pure polymers.The binary physical blends <strong>of</strong> DPD/L100 and DPD/L100-55 in Fig. 6.2b exhibitedDPD endo<strong>the</strong>rmic peaks shifted at slightly lower temperatures <strong>of</strong> 139.19 o C (H= -15.14 J/g),153.62 o C (H=16.16 J/g), respectively, indicating drug/polymer interaction to a smallextent. The same shift at lower temperatures w<strong>as</strong> observed <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tgs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> polymers at114.46 o C <strong>for</strong> L100 and 71.98 o C <strong>for</strong> L100-55.Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> extruded DPD/L100 (and L100-55) complexes exhibited single gl<strong>as</strong>stransition peaks at 62.11 and 76.56 o C, respectively, which denotes <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong>drug/polymers miscibility and <strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> solid dispersions. Single Tg also indicates <strong>the</strong>presence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> APIs in amorphous <strong>for</strong>ms [21] . When <strong>the</strong> two components are miscible <strong>the</strong> Tg<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> extruded sample lies between <strong>the</strong> Tgs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> individual components (DPD h<strong>as</strong> a Tgat14.80 o C) according to <strong>the</strong> Gordon – Taylor equation [19] . Similarly, PRP/polymers exhibitedsingle Tg peaks at <strong>of</strong> 65.70 o C (L100) and 54.52 o C (L100-55) attributed to <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong>PRP in molecularly dispersed state within both polymer matrices (Supp. Fig. 1). The Tg <strong>of</strong>111 | P a g e

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