Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course describes the physical principles and functioning of the major instruments in modern electron microscopy. It includes the following chapters :
1) Introduction and history of electron microscopy
2) Electron-material interactions (scattering and resulting particulate and electromagnetic radiations)
3) Instrument parts (vacuum pumps, electron guns and detectors, electromagnetic lenses)
4) Instrument operation and imaging in :
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM in high vacuum, low vacuum, controlled pressure conditions including "environmental" or "wet" modes
- transmission electron microscopy (TEM: different image, diffraction and high resolution modes)
- scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM: principles, advantages and disadvantages)
5) Analytical electron microscopy
- X-ray microanalysis (EDS)
- Electron energy-loss spectroscopy(EELS) and energy filtering (EFTEM)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Functioning principles and imaging modes in electron microscopy
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.2, III.2, IV.2, VI.1, VI.2, VI.4, VII.3, VII.5 of the MSc in engineering physics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Bases in Physics
Master degree students or PhD students in sciences
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Lectures during the 2nd period
Contacts
Compère Philippe
+32 4 366 50 63
pcompere@ulg.ac.be