Proposed Lectures on Electron Microscopy

Lecture 1 Introduction to microscopy; components of microscope; lens defects;

resolution; depth of field.
Lecture 2 Principles of scanning and transmission electron microscopy;
construction details; comparison of optical and electron microscopes
Lecture 3 Electron beam specimen interaction; SE, BSE, absorbed electrons,
characteristic and continuous X-rays, cathodoluminiscence;
characteristics of emitted signals
Lecture 4 Electron beam specimen interaction; SE, BSE, absorbed electrons,
characteristic and continuous X-rays, cathodoluminiscence;
characteristics of emitted signals (contd.)
Lecture 5 Various Modes of imaging in SEM and TEM ; Bright filed, dark field
and energy loss; applications
Lecture 6 Electron diffraction patterns introduction; differences from X-ray
diffraction; Ewald sphere; types of patterns from amorphous, single
and polycrystalline materials; Kikuchi lines
Lecture 7 Indexing of diffraction patterns; known d values; ratio method
Lecture 8 Origin of contrast in TEM images; mass thickness, diffraction and
phase contrast
Lecture 9 High resolution electron microscopy; applications to study of nano
materials
Lecture 10 Elements of X-ray analysis; emission of characteristic radiation;
analytical electron microscope and EPMA; determination of chemical
composition