Useful links

The Microscopy Society of America homepage

MSA Tutorials DVD Library
http://www.msa.microscopy.org/MSAUnits/Education/VideoCatalogue.html

Microscopy.info-- A Guide to Microscopy and Microanalysis on the Internet

The Microbeam Analysis Society homepage

SCANNING -- The Journal of Scanning Microscopies

WWW Virtual Library: Microscopy

WebElements -- The Periodic Table on the World Wide Web

Petr’s Microscopy Resources -- Dr. Petr Schauer’s links from the Institute of Scientific Instruments at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.

TEM/SEM Hints and Tips -- from Steve Chapman’s Protrain web site in the UK.  There are other handy articles of interest here, too, on the page accessible from the “Contents” link on this page.

Microanalyst.net -- the English version of a German site maintained by Frank Eggert, a sr. software scientist with EDAX in Berlin.  This site has a wealth of information about all forms of electron-beam analysis. 

Oklahoma Microscopy Society -- this page has some handy links about halfway down

Microscopy and Imaging Resouces on the WWW --Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC), Univ. of Arizona Experimental Pathology Core

Introduction to Digital Imaging -- SWEHSC’s Digital Imaging pages.  Much good information on the hardware, software and ethics of digital imaging and manipulation. 

Microscopy and Analysis -- “Furthering the Interests of Microscopy Worldwide”

Electronic Devices Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS) homepage

Lone Star Chapter -- the Texas affliate Chapter of EDFAS

Semiconductor International -- a huge source for news and info about semiconductors and electronic materials

CASINO -- Monte Carlo Simulations of Electron Trajectories in S olids, from the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

SRIM - The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter by James F. Ziegler, Ph. D.

The Royal Microscopy Society

The National Society for Histotechnology

Texas Society for Histotechnolgy

Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists

Star Cryoelectronics “Superconducting Technologies for Advanced Research” doing prototype work on a microcalorimeter EDX detector.  Contains much information about microcalorimeters. 

www.americanelements.com this website describes the research and industrial uses of each of the elements, as well as over 200 nanoparticles and isotopes, which are discussed and characterized with applications. There are also special sections, such as on fuel cells and ultra high purity materials.