Electron diffraction of real materials

Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description Microscopic characterization methods refer to scientific techniques Which allow determination of both composition and structure of a material. Optical microscopy, scanning probe microscopy and electron microscopy are known as microscopic techniques. This course illustrates how microscopic characterization techniques are used.
Overview
Microscopic methods play an essential role in nanomaterials characterization. Microscopic and X-ray based characterization of nanomaterials techniques are used for the determination of surface morphology and dispersion characteristics of nanomaterials. This course deals with details of these aspects, and will provide a fundamental understanding of morphological tools, such as instrumentation, sample preparation and different kinds of analyses, etc.


Booklet
Description
This lesson describes the electron diffraction patterns of a single and multi-crystalline structure. It also demonstrates the effect of increasing or decreasing the particle size on electron diffraction patterns of materials.

Mental Challenge
How is the electron diffraction pattern of a poly crystalline sample? 

Quizzes and Activities
Activity: Find and compare the electron diffraction pattern of two sample with single and multi- crystalline structure. 

Further Reading Sources

1.http://instructor.physics.lsa.umich.edu/adv-labs/Electron_Diffraction/electron_diffraction2.pdf

2.http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X57000031