“…The properties of materials composed of a homogeneous matrix in which nanoparticles are confined depend on the composition of the solid matrix and the composition, shape, size and crystalline structure of the nanoparticles (Schmid, 2010;Roy et al, 2017). Due to the general interest in the useful properties of these nanocomposites for applications in nanotechnology, studies of the thermodynamic properties of nanoparticles became of growing interest (Li et al, 2017;Delgado-Callico et al, 2021;Bardushkin et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020). The optical, electrical, magnetic and mechanical properties of nanocomposites are closely related to the thermodynamic properties of the embedded nanoparticles (Haro-Poniatowski et al, 2005, 2007Jimenez de Castro et al, 2014).…”