Advances in Electron Microanalysis and Microscopy
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 886
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mineralogy; petrology; mineral deposits; materials science; biomaterial; electron microbeam and X-ray techniques and applications in materials science and biological sciences
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in quantitative electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and related microscopy imaging techniques include the following: (1) a higher sensitivity and resolution for trace and light element analysis, (2) a higher spatial resolution at a low accelerating voltage with enhanced FEG electron optics, (3) standard characterization and development, (4) improved EDS and WDS detector technology, (5) advanced software algorithms for automated quantification and phase identification, and (6) artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for standardless quantification. These advances have increased the precision, accuracy, reliability and versatility of electron probe microanalysis and microscopy techniques and methods, enabling the characterization of minerals and other materials at micro- and nanoscales in various scientific and industrial fields such as geology, materials science, biology, and nanotechnology.
This Special Issue on electron probe microanalysis and microscopy will focus on recent advances in these techniques and the characterization of minerals and related synthetic materials (e.g., minerals, rocks, bones, teeth, biomaterials). The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, electron probe microanalysis (WDS/EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM/STEM), microanalysis standards and reference materials, analytical procedures, and sample preparation methods.
Prof. Dr. Donggao Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electron probe microanalysis and microscopy
- scanning electron microscopy
- transmission electron microscopy
- microanalysis standards and reference materials
- analytical procedures
- characterization of minerals and related synthetic materials
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