Course detail

LFT5785 - Transmission Electron Microscopy


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
1
3
4
15 weeks
60 hours

Instructor
Jorge Alberto Marques Rezende
Nelson Sidnei Massola Júnior

Objective
Enable those interested in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques: manipulation of the
transmission electron microscope and peripheral instruments, sample preparation, interpretation and
image recording.

Content
1. General principles of electronic optics 2. Concept of resolution 3. Constitution and operation of the
transmission electron microscope 4. Sample preparation techniques; ultramicrotomy 5. Handling the
transmission electron microscope and ultramicrotome. 6. Imaging, interpretation and registration 7.
Examples of transmission electron microscopy applications.

Bibliography
Bozzola, J.J. & Russell, L.D. Electron microscopy. 2nd. Ed. Boston, Jones & Bartlett. 1999. Hunter, E.
Practical electron microscopy. 2nd Ed. Cambridge, Cambridge Univ.Press. 1993. Kitajima, E.W. & Leite,
B. Introdução à microscopia eletrônica de transmissão. Piracicaba, NAP/MEPA. 42p. 1999. Maunsbach,
A.B. & Afzelius, B. Biomedical electron microscopy. San Diego, Academic Press. 1999. Souza, W. Ed.
Manual sobre técnicas básicas em microscopia eletrônica. Rio de Janeiro, Soc.Bras.Mic.Elet. 1989