Glossary of Microscopes and Microscopy

The Glossary of Microscopy and Microanalytical Terms contains introductory information on techniques and instruments used by microscopists. Examples of the application of these techniques, links to facilities that use these techniques and more advanced information on the instruments and techniques is located in the Guide to Microscopy and Microanalysis

Confocal and Laser Microscopy

2 Photon Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
from the Brain Research Institute at UCLA

Electron Beam Techniques

Auger Electron Spectrometry (AES)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarisation Analysis
Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction
Low Energy Electron Microscopy
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
FEM - Field Emission Microscopy
EDX - Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis
Simon Morton, Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
See Overview and History
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Light Microscopy

Glossary of Microscope Terms
From Meiji Techno America

Optics of a Fluorescence Microscope
C&L Instrument

Mass Spectrometric

Surface Science Techniques
An extensive compilation of the techniques and acronyms used in surface science with definitions and links to technique specific tutorials and other resources on the internet.
From Simon Morton, Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Scanning Probe Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)
Nanoscience Instruments, Inc.

X-Ray Microscopy

How-to-do hard x-ray microscopy
from X-ray Microscope for Metal Solidification, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA and the University of Alabama

Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE)
Ion Beam Laboratory, University of Albany

Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence (TXRF)
From Simon Morton, Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.