Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Nanomaterials

Dr. Challa S. S. R. Kumar is Director of Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. He is also President and CEO of Magnano Technologies and has some years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. His main research interests are the development of novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for the synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials. Dr. Kumar is the winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award for his work in magnetic-based nanoparticles for cancer imaging and treatment. He is the editor and author of several books and journal articles, and a former editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.

• TEM Characterization of Biological and Inorganic Nanocomposites.- Electron Microscopy of Thin Film Inorganic and Organic Photovoltaic Materials.- TEM for Characterization of Semiconductor Nanomaterials.- Study of Polymeric Nano-Composites by 3D-TEM and Related Techniques.-TEM for Characterization of Nanowires and Nanorods.- TEM for Characterization of Core-Shell Nanomaterials.- Valence Electron Spectroscopy by Transmission Electron Microscopy.- TEM Characterization of Nanocomposite Materials.- High Resolution in STEM Mode: Individual Atom Analysis in Semiconductor Nanowires.- Electron Microscopy for Characterization of Thermoelectric Nanomaterials.- TEM for Characterization of Nanocomposites Oxide Thin Films: A Case Study on Solution-Derived Lanthanum Strontium Manganites.- TEM Characterization of Metallic Nanocatalysts.- 3D Electron Microscopy Applied to Nanoscience.-Transmission Electron Microscopy of 1D-Nanostructures