# Advanced Material Characterization by Atom Probe Tomography and Electron Microscopy

- Institution: IISc Bangalore
- Department: Metallurgy and Material Science
- Teacher: Prof. Surendra Kumar Makineni
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/113108760)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/113108760)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This PG/PhD level course will introduce students to advanced electron microscopy and atom probe tomography techniques that can be used to understand fundamental microstructural entities of alloys in relation to their physical/structural properties at the micro-to-atomic scale.

Intended audience: Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry

Prerequisites: Basics of solid state physics

## Lectures

1. [Introduction to the course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/dd9eacc9a8db) (YouTube)
2. [History from electrons to field ionisation to field evaporation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/889be33c05fd) (YouTube)
3. [Filed Ion Microscopy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/0cc86eb4c93c) (YouTube)
4. [Basic physics behind Field Ionisation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/0750b256f675) (YouTube)
5. [Field Ion Microscopy Instrumentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/8988cd1367da) (YouTube)
6. [Field Ionisation to Field Evaporation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/5458a9bef8ea) (YouTube)
7. [Field Desorption Microscopy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/bbdc8c29cf43) (YouTube)
8. [Atom Probe Tomography: Variables](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/232acd231cd9) (YouTube)
9. [Instrumentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/7693afebe6b7) (YouTube)
10. [Pulsing methods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/722b0515426d) (YouTube)
11. [Photon-assisted Ionisation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/5e40e53e2600) (YouTube)
12. [Experimental protocols for APT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/f131c9327205) (YouTube)
13. [Experimental protocols for APT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/d6ba78b150df) (YouTube)
14. [Experimental protocols for APT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/1e0645aa47d6) (YouTube)
15. [Tomographic Reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/cd0771dfa8d5) (YouTube)
16. [Tomographic Reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/9de6d23ad4ce) (YouTube)
17. [Tomographic Reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/d3cbd6db354d) (YouTube)
18. [Calibration of reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/6c21375cd5ee) (YouTube)
19. [Common artifacts in reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/e52bd2807774) (YouTube)
20. [Spatial resolution in reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/db32faee2920) (YouTube)
21. [Electropolishing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/8e1db19631dc) (YouTube)
22. [Focused Ion Beam (FIB)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/fa32ab03af38) (YouTube)
23. [Focused Ion Beam (FIB)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/c896f7278f83) (YouTube)
24. [Focused Ion Beam (FIB)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/6d77f537f08d) (YouTube)
25. [Data analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/e8ff99dde678) (YouTube)
26. [Quality of data](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/a7c5db8d5b1e) (YouTube)
27. [Mounting of specimens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/6bfd8183d12b) (YouTube)
28. [Ion milling of specimens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/cfafeaf9415a) (YouTube)
29. [Data analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/81ee75f436ed) (YouTube)
30. [Specimen loading](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/b77fdee80b1c) (YouTube)
31. [Data acquisition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/d4d4e9f8e0e2) (YouTube)
32. [Data analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/8bb2dd1b405c) (YouTube)
33. [Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/eea8db56edec) (YouTube)
34. [Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/04db56e5b13b) (YouTube)
35. [Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/e3e7209f341b) (YouTube)
36. [Electron specimen interaction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/bdc70998cb19) (YouTube)
37. [TEM column cross-section](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/11f192f6b1bf) (YouTube)
38. [Electron Diffraction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/a9c609f5d21f) (YouTube)
39. [Diffraction Patterns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/4d76f0d8676d) (YouTube)
40. [Imaging](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/279a5ed049df) (YouTube)
41. [Defect analysis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/f2eec6429c9d) (YouTube)
42. [Image Formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/d9049156f2db) (YouTube)
43. [Detection of electrons and ECCI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/c09d3ce36be9) (YouTube)
44. [Application to Materials Science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/6a7703efc72e) (YouTube)
45. [Application to Materials Science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/e39e04d0cd90) (YouTube)
46. [Application to Materials Science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113108760/4f8c4e079462) (YouTube)