Compact Introduction to Electron Microscopy: Techniques, State, Applications, Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Goerg H. Michler

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 65
• Series: essentials
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Goerg Michler summarizes the large field of electron microscopy and clearly presents the different techniques. The author clearly describes the possible applications of microscopy and the requirements for specimen preparation. He illustrates the descriptions with picture examples from practice.

The Author:

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Goerg H. Michler was head of the Institute for Materials Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, is honorary chairman of the Institute for Polymer Materials e.V. and chairman of the Heinz Bethge Foundation for Applied Electron Microscopy.

✦ Table of Contents

What You Can Find in This essential
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
1: Brief History of the Development of Microscopy
2: Directions of Electron Microscopy
2.1 Overview
2.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
2.3 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
2.4 Reflection and Emission Electron Microscopy
2.5 Scanning Probe Microscopy
2.6 In-Situ Microscopy
3: Sample Preparations
3.1 Overview
3.2 Preparation of Thin Films (Using Etching Techniques)
3.3 Preparation of Soft Matter (By Cryo-Ultramicrotomy)
3.4 Contrast Enhancements
4: Image Processing and Image Simulation
5: Outlook
What You Learned from This essential
References
Further Reading