Microscopy Resource Links
Supply Links for EMS and Rave Scientific:
- Filaments – Contact Us
- Sample Stubs/Mounts: EMS Rave Sci
- Carbon Tabs & Tape: EMS Rave Sci
- Conductive Adhesives: EMS Rave Sci
- Stub Gripper Tweezers: EMS Rave Sci
- Sample Holders: EMS Rave Sci
- Sample Storage: EMS Rave Sci
- TEM Supplies: EMS Rave Sci
- Calibration Standards: EMS Rave Sci
- Magnification Calib: EMS Rave Sci
- EDS Calibration: EMS Rave Sci
- Sputter Targets: EMS Rave Sci
Consumable Suppliers:
Sputter and Carbon Coaters:
Geological Sample Preparation Tools:
Sectioning / Mounting / Grinding / Polishing:
- Leco
- Buehler
- Advanced Met Solution (Akasel)
- Allied High Tech
- Metallography World
- Metlab
- Struers
- Ted Pella
Cross Section Polishers – Ion Beam:
- Coxem CP-8000
- Fischione Instruments – SEM Mill
- Gatan
- Jeol Cross Section Polisher
- Hitachi IM4000 Ion Mill
- Leica TIC 3X Ion Mill
Critical Point Dryers:
References for SEM and TEM Sample Preparation:
- EMS Microscopy Academy
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for SEM and EDS – P Echlin (online version)
- Sample Preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy – Life Sciences – M Murtey (online version)
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for TEM – multiple authors (Amazon)
- Technique for Polishing Grain Mounts
- Diatoms
- Biological Tissue Preparation for TEM – Univ of Adelaide
- Getting Started in Cryo EM – G. Jensen (CalTech)
- Sputter Coater Principles – EMS
- Biological Samples – Critical Point Drying Principles – EMS
- Biological Samples – Critical Point Drying Applications – Leica (PDF)
Glow Discharge – SEM Chamber / Sample Cleaning:
Stage Accessories – PicoAmmeters:
Reference Sites for Microscopy Education:
- EMS Microscopy Academy
- SEM Principles – AMMRF
- Lehigh SEM Short Course
- Virtual SEM Simulator
- Virtual Microscope – Univ of IL
- Practical Electron Microscopy
- WWW Virtual Microscopy Library
- NASA Virtual Lab Software
- SEM Training – Univ of WA
- Gunshot Residue – SWGGSR
- LBNL X-Ray Properties of Elements
- Automated Mineralogy Archives
- Mineralogy and Petrography EM Blog
- TEM Principles – AMMRF
- EBSD
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Basics
- Light Microscopes
- Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology
- Sputter Coater Principles – EMS
Software for Microscopy – Particles, Features, Profilometry:
- DigitalSurf MountainsMap SEM
- ImagePRO Fiber Analysis
- MeX 3D SEM – Height & Roughness
- Alicona – MeX 3D SEM
- MIPAR Particle Analysis
- Quartz Imaging
- NIST DTSA-II (Desktop Spectrum Analyzer)
- NIST DTSA-II Video Tutorials (Youtube)
- NIH ImageJ software
- SPIP Image Metrology
- McGill X-Ray – Monte Carlo
- Perfect Re-Size (Poster Size images)
Site Survey Providers – Vibration / Seismic / Acoustic / Electro-Magnetic (EMI):
EDS / WDS / EBSD Manufacturers:
EDS Educational Resources:
Journals & Magazines:
- Microscopy Today
- Microscopy and Analysis
- Advanced Materials & Processes
- Bioscience technology
- Evidence Technology
- Forensic Magazine
- Imaging and Microscopy
- Journal of Histology
- Journal of Electron Microscopy
- Journal of Microscopy
- Materials Characterization
- Materials Today
- Microscopy and Microanalysis
- Micron
- R&D Magazine
- Scanning
- Ultra Microscopy
- Vacuum Technology
Buyers Guides & Directories:
Books that every Electron Microscope owner should have
- A Beginners’ Guide to Scanning Electron Microscopy – A Hamid
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for SEM and EDS – P Echlin (online version)
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for SEM and EDS – P Echlin (Amazon)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis – J Goldstein
- Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to TEM, SEM, and AEM – R Egerton
- Electron Microprobe Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy in GEOLOGY – S. Reed
- Scanning Electron Microscopy for the Life Sciences – H Schatten
- Scanning Electron Microscopy of Plastics Failure – G Ehrenstein
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for TEM – Techniques (Amazon)
- Handbook of Sample Preparation for TEM – Methodology (Amazon)
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) of Nanomaterials – N Tanaka
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy: Imaging and Analysis – S Pennycock
National / International:
- Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
- Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)
- Microscopical Society of Canada (MSC)
- International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM/IMC)
- Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis (AMMS)
- International Metallographic Society (IMS)
- American Society for Materials (ASM International)
- Materials Research Society
- Society for Nueroscience
- American Society for Cell Biology
Regional:
- Appalachian Regional Microscopy Society (AReMS)
- Capital District Microscopy & Microanalysis Society (CDMMS)
- Central States Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (CSMMS)
- Chesapeake Society for Microscopy (CSM)
- Connecticut Microscopy Society (ConnMS)
- Florida Society for Microscopy (FSM)
- Indiana Microscopy Society (INMS)
- Iowa Microscopy Society (IMS)
- Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (MMMS)
- Microscopy Society of Northeastern Ohio (MSNO)
- Microscopy Society of the Ohio River Valley (MSORV)
- Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (MMMS)
- Minnesota Microscopy Society MMS)
- New England Society for Microscopy (NESM)
- New York Microscopical Society (NYMS)
- New York Society of Experimental Microscopists (NYSEM)
- Oklahoma Microscopy Society (OMS)
- Pacific Northwest Microscopy Society (PNMS)
- Southeastern Microscopy Society (SEMS)
- Southern California Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis (SCSMM)
- Texas Society for Microscopy (TSM)
Art of the Nano-World using Microscopy:
Atomic Force / Scanning Probe Microscope Suppliers:
Vibration Isolation Suppliers: