A Short Term Advanced School on HRTEM at Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar Dates: March 04-08, 2013

A one-week Advanced School on Electron Microscopy would focus on proper understanding of the basics of transmission electron microscopy.The emphasis would be on image formation quantifying the images using computer simulations. Image simulations of both high resolution imaging and annular dark field images (ADF) would be primary interest. The school would have lectures in the morning and practical training in the afternoons.Practical training includes specimen preparation, working on TEM and image simulation. The school would be a focused one and would invite applications from experienced TEM users.

The properties of materials depend on the inter-atomic forces between the atoms and their atomic/ structure. A proper understanding of structural aspects would enable us to tailor the properties of materials in many ways. Appreciable amount of progress in Materials Science has been based on the understanding of microstructure of materials and the development of processing techniques that allow the control of microstructure. As the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology encompasses the world of materials science, real space imaging at atomic scale and dynamic phenomena that occur during the growth and modification of the nano structures provided required push to develop new nanostructures. These nanostructures have revolutionized materials science, leading to novel forms of matter with interesting mechanical, chemical, magnetic, optical, and electrical properties. Establishing structure . property relationship at nanoscale is ever-sought research activity. Electron microscopy is very well established, yet challenging experimental technique that provides a great understanding of morphological,structural arrangement, chemical composition and electronic structure of all the materials. Electron microscopy (Scanning mode (SEM), Transmission mode (TEM) and Scanning TEM (STEM)) has become a mandatory tool for direct observation of structures at various length scales (from mm to sub-nm scale).

There are several electron microscopes (more than 300 electron microscopes: both SEM and TEM) available in India and several researchers use the Electron Microscopy Methods routinely. A short, but intense course on electron microscopy is required to help the young researchers to make full potential of these very useful methods.The proposed School aims at imparting required basic theory and applications of electron microscopy methods and in particular in the areas of STEM, HRTEM,and aberration-corrected TEM. As the emphasis is on practical training as well, the number of participants has been restricted to 20.

The school is expecting about 20 participants (Research Scholars, Post doctoral scholars and young faculty members) from various parts of India. Participation is by invitation (nomination from senior scientist). If seats are available, some open applications (those who have practical experience in HRTEM) may also be considered.Correspondence needs to be sent to the Chairman, Advance School on High Resolution TEM, Institute of Physics, Bhuabenswar.

As the proposed school is a low-budget school, we appreciate participants to pay a nominal registration fee of Rs 2000/= (Rupees two thousand only) towards their accommodation and boarding charges. No travel support is provided for participation. A student/young faculty may request for registration fee waiver and travel support. This maybe looked into after receiving additional funds from sponsors.