The course aims at providing an overview of the family of characterization techniques relying on
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and their relevance in various fields of Chemistry, Materials
Science and Biological Sciences.
The contents will start with the fundamentals of electronic optics and TEM structure, with special emphasis
on the two TEM instruments available at the University of Padova. Then the various imaging and analytical
modalities (TEM, HRTEM, BF, DF, SAED, EDX, EELS, STEM, etc.) and types of TEM equipment (standard, cryo,
corrected, in situ, etc.) will be discussed with application examples. Practical sessions on software for TEM
data analysis and a visit to the TEM facilities of UniPd will be also performed.
At the end of the course, the PhD students will become aware of the technical possibilities made available
by modern TEM equipment at UniPd and, in general, in the contemporary scientific panorama, and will
develop individual skills for analysis and manipulation of data collected by direct access to the UniPd
facilities.