Characterization of Inorganic Nanomaterials by Electron Microscopy

This book provides a concise introduction to scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and electron energy-loss spectroscopy for investigating the structure and chemistry of inorganic nanomaterials. Designed for non-specialists, students, and early-career scientists, it explains specimen preparation methods for nanoparticles and nanocrystalline materials and illustrates how electron microscopy techniques can be used to characterize morphology, dimensions, thin-film growth structures, nanocrystal size, grain boundaries, and crystal defects. It also addresses practical challenges in the analysis of nanomaterials, including strategies for minimizing high-energy electron damage in beam-sensitive materials.