The course aims at providing an introduction to the main techniques of electron microscopy with applications to materials.

The following topics will be discussed:

• Introduction to electron optics: wave-nature of electrons; electron-matter interaction; basic layout of a microscope.

• Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): imaging modes (bright and dark field), diffraction and crystallography; amplitude and phase contrasts in TEM; advanced modes of operation: High- Resolution TEM, magnetic TEM, Scanning TEM, and EELS.

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): layout of a SEM microscope; secondary electron contrast and imaging modes; Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction (EBSD).

• TEM/SEM investigation of nanomaterials for electronic, photonic and phononic applications.