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Theory and application of transmission electron microscopy methods to problems in materials science and engineering, condensed matter physics, soft matter, polymeric materials, inorganic chemistry and chemical engineering. The principles of microscope operation, electron scattering, image formation and spectroscopy will be described, with an emphasis on both theory and experiment.

Course content

• Microscope construction and operation
• Principles of electron scattering and electron-specimen interactions
• Theory of electron diffraction: Bragg, Laue and Ewald Sphere constructions
• Diffraction contrast imaging, high-resolution phase contrast imaging, and high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy
• Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy
• Hands-on instrument usage
• Extensive interaction with available software for analysis and interpretation

Textbooks

• Transmission Electron Microscopy – A Textbook for Materials Science, 2nd Ed. D.B. Williams and C.B. Carter, Springer, New York, 2009
• Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials, 4th ed., B.J. Fultz and J.M. Howe, Springer, New York, 2013.
• Transmission Electron Microscopy – Physics of Image Formation and Microanalysis, 5th ed., L. Reimer, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2008.
• Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy: Imaging and Analysis, S.J. Pennycook and P.D. Nellist, Springer, New York, 2011.
• Transmission Electron Microscopy – Diffraction, Imaging and Spectroscopy, 1st Ed. D.B. Williams and C.B. Carter, Springer, New York, 2016.