PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
Course code
R26025 (AF:504872 AR:294940)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
3
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
Educational sector code
GEO/06
Period
Annual
Course year
1
Topics of the course: Brief review of crystallography and diffraction. Principles of electron microscopy. Technical description of transmission electron microscope. Sample preparation methods. Imaging in TEM and STEM modes. Conventional and advanced electron diffraction techniques (SAED, NED, 3DED, ASTAR). Chemical analysis via energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX/EDS). Laboratory activities: practical applications of the techniques described above.
Definitive programme.