Microscopy is any technique for producing visible images of structures or details too small to otherwise be seen by the human eye, using a microscope or other magnification tool.
In classical light microscopy, this involves passing light transmitted through or reflected from the subject through a series of lenses, to be detected directly by the eye, imaged on a photographic plate or captured digitally.
As resolution depends on the wavelength of the light, electron microscopy has been developed since the 1930s that use electron beams instead of light. Because of the much lower wavelength of the electron beam, resolution is far higher. Though less common, X-ray microscopy has also been developed since the late 1940s. The resolution of X-ray microscopy lies between that of light microscopy and the electron microscopy.
More on [ Microscopy ]
Industrial Metrology :: Machinery and Tools
Crystallography :: Physics
Nanotechnology :: Technology

Connecticut Microscopy Society - ConnMS is a group of scientists and students gathered to exchange information regarding electron, light, confocal, atomic force and fluorescence speialities.
404
Glossary of Microscopy and Microanalytical Terms - Introductory information on techniques and instruments used by microscopists.
Goettingen Institute for X-ray Physics - Development and applications of X-ray microscopy.
404
Laser Microdissection - Information on laser microdissection and optical tweezer technology. Includes examples, methods, references and workshop information at the University of Western Australia.
Meta Description: [ The Laser Microdissection Facility is the first facility of its kind in Australia. This initiative is a joint UWA facility in the Departments of Surgery and Pathology who have been pioneering this research in Western Australia. The Lotteries LMF utilises a P.A.L.M. Robot-CombiSystem to perform L... ]
Lehigh Microscopy School - PA school offers short courses each June on electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and microanalysis.
Meta Description: [ World's best short courses in electron microscopy and related fields. SEM TEM AFM Microanalysis Analytical-EM Microdiffraction Spec-Prep Cryo-SEM ]
Links to Microscopy Resources - An extensive list of links pointing to microscopy related resources.
Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy - MRFM is a technology for detecting the resonant force of single protons in order to image nano-structures in three dimensions. This site is a directory on people, processes publications and products.
Meta Description: [ A simple website about Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy. ]
Microbeam Laboratory - CSIRO Minerals - Microscopy, microanalysis and soft X-ray spectrocopy. Chemical and structural mapping capabilities and software.
Microscope - US Patents - Site highlights US patents issued between the years 1855-1915.
Meta Description: [ A database of US patents related to the microscope that issued during the period 1836 to 1915. This resource will be of interest to antique microscope collectors. Patents can be downloaded. ]
Microscopy Vendors Database - Online database of microscopy vendors from optical and electron microscopy, spectroscopy, microanalysis, spare parts, and image analysis.
Meta Description: [ Microscopy Database ]
Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope - Hundreds of photomicrographs (photographs through the microscope) of everything from superconductors and high-tech materials to ice cream and beer.
Meta Description: [ The Molecular Expressions website features hundreds of photomicrographs (photographs through the microscope) of everything from superconductors and high-tech materials to ice cream and beer. ]
NanoBiophotonics - Research in the development of optical microscopes with resolutions in the nanometer scale.
404
Nanoworld Home Page - Extensive web site about microscopy, microscopes, and microanalysis. Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland.
Meta Description: [ Access information about the University of Queensland, its faculties and schools and the programs they offer. ]
Open Microscopy Environment - Resource for the analysis and classification of biological images using a database-driven three-tier software system, maintained by MIT.
Petr's Microscopy Resources - Pages of interest for microscopists, including microscopy meetings, literature, resources and suppliers.
Meta Description: [ Informace vztahující se k osobě Petra Schauera a k jeho aktivitám. Prezentace poslouží všem, kteří se zajímají o přístrojovou techniku (především o elektronovou mikroskopii) a o počítače. ]
Polymer Microscopy - Image galleries of homogenous and heterogenous polymers using TEM, AFM and light microscopy equipment at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Meta Description: [ University of Freiburg; atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, TEM, AFM, polymer micrsocopy, blends, blockcopolymers, networks, semicrystalline polymers - by Dr. Ralf Thomann ]
500
Shared Research Equipment (SHaRE) User Facility - Together with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the materials sciences.
SkyScan Microtomography - Skyscan is an only producer of the scientific instruments for high-resolution 3D non-destructive microscopy (micro-CT).
Meta Description: [ SkyScan produces a wide range of the systems for non-invasive three-dimensional x-ray microscopy and for small animal imaging with spatial resolution in the micron range. ]
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Microscopy - Covers all aspects of light microscopy, electron microscopy and other forms of microscopy.
Meta Description: [ This site provides up-to-date information on all areas of microscopy for the WWW Virtual Library ]
| MICROSCOPY | |
| Next Video | |