Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

Prior knowledge for TEM

• Nature, charge and mass of electron
• Atomic structure in terms of electrons and nucleus
• The idea of the conduction band or valence band
• Crystalline nature of most materials
• Energy in terms of eV, kinetic energy
• De Broglie - energy/wavelength conversions
• Anode/cathode terminology
• Deflection of a charge by a magnetic field
• Energy transfer in billiard-ball collisions
• The concept of diffraction
• Vector algebra (sum, difference, dot product, cross product)

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