Week - 1 |
Importance of Microstructure; Classification of Characterization Techniques; Microscopical Characterization Techniques; Historical Background to Microscopes |
Week - 2 |
Specimen Preparation |
Week - 3 |
Light-solid interactions and the resulting signals |
Week - 4 |
Light microscopes, resolution, aberrations, types of light microscopes and contrast techniques |
Week - 5 |
Why we need to use electron microscopes, electron-solid interactions and the resulting signals; Comparison of light and electrons |
Week - 6 |
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Week - 7 |
Light vs Electrons; Why Electron Microscopes; Interactions between electrons and specimens |
Week - 8 |
Scanning Electron Microscopes and SEM Techniques-1 |
Week - 9 |
Scanning Electron Microscopes and SEM Techniques-2 |
Week - 10 |
Chemical Analysis Techniques on Electron Microscopes |
Week - 11 |
Important parameters to obtain best images and reliable chemical analysis. |
Week - 12 |
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Week - 13 |
Transmission electron microscopy techniques |
Week - 14 |
Other Characterisation Techniques and Comparison of Characterisation Techniques |