Reviewing the basics: second CM-UFMG workshop on electron microscopy and sample preparation
CM-UFMG is the new multi and interdisciplinary Center of Microscopy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Huge efforts are being put into training people. This year we offer four courses which mix theory, demonstration and hands-on experience in the laboratories. All courses will be given at the CM-UFMG building which is located on UFMG Pampulha campus.
Please send an email to karlaweit@gmail.com with a short curricula vitae including the following information: Name, Department/Institute or Company, Email, Address Telephone. Background (if researcher, graduation or undergraduation course). Interest in the workshop, indicating if already involved in the area and which of the four courses you are interested in (5 lines maximum).
If you want to bring samples, please add a very brief description of them.
Please note we can not promise to handle and check all samples during the workshop.
Hotels nearby are Ouro Minas and Bristol Pampulha Lieu Apart Hotel, hostels area also available: Pousada Sossego da Pampulha.
The University campus offers several options for lunch, the nearest to CM-UFMG a restaurant of CDTN: , which offers the typical brazilian way for lunch nowadays: "comida a kilo".
1) Cryo and Ultramicrotomy for material Sciences - an overview in the lab.
Instructor: Helmut Gnägi (Diatome - Switzerland)
Cryo and ultramicrotomy are returning sample preparation techniques in material science. An overview of the technique and several applications will be demonstrated on the equipments. Mainly resins and polymeric materials are prepared this way nowadays, but also semicondutors, metals and steels.
Date: 16th and 17th of September
Place: Centro de Microscopia da UFMG (CM-UFMG) - Belo Horizonte
Hours: 15 hours
Places: 10 people
Participants are welcome to bring their own samples.
2) EBSD from the basics to texture analysis (theory and software)
Instructors: Dr. Douglas Miquita, Dr. Marília Magalhães, Dr. Orlando Leon Garcia, (CM-UFMG - Brasil), prof. Dr. Helmut Schaeben. (Universität Bergakademie Freiburg – Germany)
An introduction to EBSD (electron backscattering diffraction) followed by a tutorial based on TSL/EDAX/FEI software. Further an introduction to texture analysis and practical examples using specific software will be worked out.
Date: 15th to 17th of September
Place: Centro de Microscopia da UFMG (CM-UFMG) - Belo Horizonte
Requirement: basic knowledge in mathematics: dot and cross product, matrices.
Hours: 21 hours
Places: 20 people
Please bring your own laptop.
3) Series of lectures In the interdisciplinary sample preparation domain: Methodology and tools for choice of TEM Sample Preparation from physics to biology applications.
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Ayache (CNRS- France)
In the last decade more researchers from areas which were not the first ones involved with electron microscopy as biology, engineering and geology, are making use of this characterization technique. Mainly features to be observed require analysis down to the molecular or atomic level. Sample preparation methods can produce artifacts that are important to recognize in the TEM. The analysis of intrinsic structure will be discussed for various samples. A presentation of the methodology for the material preparation approach will be developed in the material science and biology domains.
Date: 27th to 29th September
Place: Centro de Microscopia da UFMG (CM-UFMG) - Belo Horizonte
Hours: 14 hours (6 hours lectures and two open sessions "Show and Tell")
Places: 20 people
Participants are welcome to bring their own samples.
4) Hands-on at the Quanta 200 FEG high resolution scanning electron microscope
Instructors: Dr. Douglas Miquita and BSc. Breno Barbosa Moreira - (CM-UFMG - Brasil), prof. Dr. Karla Balzuweit (DF- UFMG - Brasil)
Basic routines, alignment procedures, secondary, backscattered and transmitted electron detectors.
Date: 27th September to 1st of October
Place: Centro de Microscopia da UFMG (CM-UFMG) - Belo Horizonte
Requirement: Basic theoretic knowledge in scanning electron microscopy.
Hours: 35 hours
Places: 6 people
Participants are welcome to bring their own samples.
