Composite Polylactic-Methacrylic Acid Copolymer Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Methotrexate

Table 2

Temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry settings employed for thermal analysis of the PLA-MAA nanoparticles.

Segment type	Parameter setting
Sine phase^a
Start	−35^°C
Heating rate	1^°C/min
Amplitude	0.8^°C
Period	0.8^°C
Loop phase^b
To segment	1
Increment	0.8^°C
End	230^°C
Count	436

^aSinusoidal oscillations.
^bOscillation periods.