ABSTRACT
The preceding seven chapters have described the main principles of isothermal
calorimetry (IC) in the context of pharmaceuticals. Necessarily, such a discussion
can be predicated solely on currently available technology, and it should be clear
that calorimetric instrumentation lends itself to a wide variety of application
areas. However, instrumentation is constantly improving and often the develop-
ment of new technology opens new areas of application. It is the purpose of this
discourse to examine some of the potential areas of application for current calori-
metric technology and to consider some of the future technological developments
that might underpin the next generation of calorimetric instrumentation. In par-
ticular, attention will be paid to measurements made on whole systems, appli-
cations to processes scale up and process analytical technology (PAT), and the
development of high-throughput screening (HTS) methodologies.
