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PHARMACEUTICAL & FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
PPT(BOP-353 )
An assignment on
OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SUBMITTED BY:
NAME- DEEPAK KUMAR
ROLL-1517050023 (3rd YEAR/5th SEM)
SESSION- 2017-18
SUBMITTED TO:
Faculty: Mohd Yasir Designation: Assist. Prof.
Department: Pharmaceutics
ITS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, MURAD NAGAR
GZB (201206-UP)
OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
• The optical microscopy, often referred to as light
microscopy, is a type of microscopy which uses visible
light and system of lenses to magnify images of small
samples.
• Antonie van Leeuwenhook (1632-1674, studied on
Spirogyra –called animalcules, meaning “little
animals”) is credited with bringing the microscopy to
the attention of biologists.
• There are two basic configuration of the conventional
optical microscopy : the simple microscope and the
compound microscope.
SIMPLE MICROSCOPY
• A simple microscope is a microscope that
uses a lens or set of lenses (single convex lens or
groups of lenses ) to enlarge an object through
magnification alone, giving the viewer an erect
enlarged virtual image. Simple microscopes are
not capable of high magnification.
SIMPLE MICROSCOPE
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
• A compound microscope is amicroscope which uses
a lenses close to the object being viewed ti collect light
(called the objective lenses )which focuses a real image
of the object inside the microscope .The image is then
magnified by a second lens or group of lenses (called the
eyepiece) that gives the viewer an enlarged inverted
virtual image of the object. The use of a compound
objective/eyepiece combination allow for much higher
magnification.
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
Components:
Eyepiece (ocular lens)
Objective turrent, revolver,or revolving nose
piece (to hold multiple objective lenses)
Objective lenses
Focus knobs(to move the stage
(1) Coarse adjustment
(2) Fine adjustment
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
Components:
Eyepiece (ocular lens)
Objective turrent, revolver,or revolving nose
piece (to hold multiple objective lenses)
Objective lenses
Focus knobs(to move the stage
(1) Coarse adjustment
(2) Fine adjustment
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
• Components:
 stage (to hold the specimen)
Light sources(a light or a mirror)
Diaphragm and condenser
Mechanical stage
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
Advantages:
• Direct imaging with no need of sample pre-
treatment ,the only microscopy for real color
imaging .
• Fast,and adaptable to all kinds of sample
systems ,from gas ,to liquid ,and to solid sample
systems ,in any shapes or geometries.
• Easy to be integrated with digital camera system
for data storage and analysis ,
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
• Disadvantages:
Low resolution ,usually down to only sub micron or a few hundreds of
nanometers ,mainly due to light diffraction limit.
• Application:
1.) Optical microscopy is used extensively in microelectronics
,nanophysics ,biotechnology ,pharmaceutics research ,mineralogy,
and microbiology.
2.) Optical microscopy is used for medical diagnosis ,the field being
termed histopathology when dealing with tissues ,or in smear tests
on free cells or tissue fragments.
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Von Borries and Ruska (1938) constructed the first
Electron microscopy (EM). Objectives smaller than
0.2 micrometer (20 nanometer) such as virus and
internal structure of cells can be examined by EM.
In EM , a beam of electron is used instead of light .The
resolution power of EM is far greater than that of other
microscope due to the shorter wavelength of electron
(100000 time shorter than light).
Image produced by EM are black and white but they may
be coloured artificially to accentuate certain detail.
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Contin…..
Instead of using the glass lenses ,an EM is uses
electomagnetic lenses to focus the beam of
electrons on to a specimen.
CLASSIFICATION:
Four types of EM
1) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
2) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
3) Reflection electron microscopy
4) Scanning transmission electron microscopy
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
• 1000 time better resolutions that light
microscope.
• Magnification is 10,000X-100,000X
• Can resolve the objects as closer to as 2.5 nm
Principle:
In TEM ,a beam of electrons from an electron
gun pass through the ultrathin specimen by
electromagnetic condenser lens.
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
After this the beam passes through the
electromagnetic objective lens which magnify
the image.
Finally ,the electrons are focused by an
electromagnetic projector lens on to a
fluorescent or photograaphic plate.
The image appears many light and dark areas
depending upon the number of electrons absorb
by the different are of the sample .The image is
known as TEM.
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
• Sample preparation:
The sample must be 100 nm thick and able to
maintain the integrity of the structure when
bombarded with electrons beam under high
vacuum . So it is necessary to support the sample
by plastic.
Fixation of specimen: It is done by the chemicals
like Glutaraldehyde or osmium tetraoxide to
stabilize the structure.
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
• Conti…..
Dehydration of sample by acetone or ethanol.
The sample is treated with un-polymerized, liquid
epoxy plastic until the completely permeated and
harden to form the solid block.
The block cut into ultrafine size by microtome (100
nm) or diamond knife. Because the sample is very
thing, the contrast between the structure and
background is poor which can be increase by
positive staining (specimen stain) of negative
staining (background stain) to enhance the contrast.
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(TEM)
• Limtation:
Poor penetration power of electron resulting a
very thing sample is required (100 nm).
Give only 2D image.
Sample must be dehydrated, fixed and viewed
under the high vacuum. This treatment not only
kill the specimen but cause some shrinkage and
distortion.
Additional structure may observe know as
artifcts.
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(SEM)
In SEM, an electron beam produces a beam of
electron called as primary beam.
The electron passes through electromagnetic
lenses and directed over the surface of specimen.
The primary electron beam knocks the surface of
specimen resulting the generation of secondary
electron beam that transmitted to an electron
collector, amplified and used to produce an
image on the screen or photographic plate.
Magnification is 10,00X-10,000X
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Advantages:
Almost all kinds of samples, conducting and non-
conducting (stain coating needed).
SEM overcomes the problems associated with TEM.
It gives the 3D structure.
• Disadvantages:
Low resolutions, usually above a few tens of
nanometers.
Usually required surface stain-coating with metals
for electron conducting.
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(SEM)
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(SEM)
• Resolution:
Resolution is the minimum distance apart that 2 objects can
be in order for them to appear as separate items.
The greater resolutions the clearer the image.
d= 1.22 λ/NA
Where d is the resolving power, λ is the wavelength, NA is the
numerical aperture.
NA= n sin u
n= the lowest refractive index between the object
and first objective element
u=is the ½ the angular aperture of the objective
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Presentationon optical and electron microscopy by deepak kumar

  • 1. PHARMACEUTICAL & FOOD MICROBIOLOGY PPT(BOP-353 ) An assignment on OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUBMITTED BY: NAME- DEEPAK KUMAR ROLL-1517050023 (3rd YEAR/5th SEM) SESSION- 2017-18 SUBMITTED TO: Faculty: Mohd Yasir Designation: Assist. Prof. Department: Pharmaceutics ITS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, MURAD NAGAR GZB (201206-UP)
  • 2. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY • The optical microscopy, often referred to as light microscopy, is a type of microscopy which uses visible light and system of lenses to magnify images of small samples. • Antonie van Leeuwenhook (1632-1674, studied on Spirogyra –called animalcules, meaning “little animals”) is credited with bringing the microscopy to the attention of biologists. • There are two basic configuration of the conventional optical microscopy : the simple microscope and the compound microscope.
  • 3. SIMPLE MICROSCOPY • A simple microscope is a microscope that uses a lens or set of lenses (single convex lens or groups of lenses ) to enlarge an object through magnification alone, giving the viewer an erect enlarged virtual image. Simple microscopes are not capable of high magnification.
  • 5. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE • A compound microscope is amicroscope which uses a lenses close to the object being viewed ti collect light (called the objective lenses )which focuses a real image of the object inside the microscope .The image is then magnified by a second lens or group of lenses (called the eyepiece) that gives the viewer an enlarged inverted virtual image of the object. The use of a compound objective/eyepiece combination allow for much higher magnification.
  • 7. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE Components: Eyepiece (ocular lens) Objective turrent, revolver,or revolving nose piece (to hold multiple objective lenses) Objective lenses Focus knobs(to move the stage (1) Coarse adjustment (2) Fine adjustment
  • 8. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE Components: Eyepiece (ocular lens) Objective turrent, revolver,or revolving nose piece (to hold multiple objective lenses) Objective lenses Focus knobs(to move the stage (1) Coarse adjustment (2) Fine adjustment
  • 9. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE • Components:  stage (to hold the specimen) Light sources(a light or a mirror) Diaphragm and condenser Mechanical stage
  • 10. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE Advantages: • Direct imaging with no need of sample pre- treatment ,the only microscopy for real color imaging . • Fast,and adaptable to all kinds of sample systems ,from gas ,to liquid ,and to solid sample systems ,in any shapes or geometries. • Easy to be integrated with digital camera system for data storage and analysis ,
  • 11. COMPOUND MICROSCOPE • Disadvantages: Low resolution ,usually down to only sub micron or a few hundreds of nanometers ,mainly due to light diffraction limit. • Application: 1.) Optical microscopy is used extensively in microelectronics ,nanophysics ,biotechnology ,pharmaceutics research ,mineralogy, and microbiology. 2.) Optical microscopy is used for medical diagnosis ,the field being termed histopathology when dealing with tissues ,or in smear tests on free cells or tissue fragments.
  • 12. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Von Borries and Ruska (1938) constructed the first Electron microscopy (EM). Objectives smaller than 0.2 micrometer (20 nanometer) such as virus and internal structure of cells can be examined by EM. In EM , a beam of electron is used instead of light .The resolution power of EM is far greater than that of other microscope due to the shorter wavelength of electron (100000 time shorter than light). Image produced by EM are black and white but they may be coloured artificially to accentuate certain detail.
  • 13. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Contin….. Instead of using the glass lenses ,an EM is uses electomagnetic lenses to focus the beam of electrons on to a specimen. CLASSIFICATION: Four types of EM 1) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 2) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) 3) Reflection electron microscopy 4) Scanning transmission electron microscopy
  • 14. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) • 1000 time better resolutions that light microscope. • Magnification is 10,000X-100,000X • Can resolve the objects as closer to as 2.5 nm Principle: In TEM ,a beam of electrons from an electron gun pass through the ultrathin specimen by electromagnetic condenser lens.
  • 16. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) After this the beam passes through the electromagnetic objective lens which magnify the image. Finally ,the electrons are focused by an electromagnetic projector lens on to a fluorescent or photograaphic plate. The image appears many light and dark areas depending upon the number of electrons absorb by the different are of the sample .The image is known as TEM.
  • 17. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) • Sample preparation: The sample must be 100 nm thick and able to maintain the integrity of the structure when bombarded with electrons beam under high vacuum . So it is necessary to support the sample by plastic. Fixation of specimen: It is done by the chemicals like Glutaraldehyde or osmium tetraoxide to stabilize the structure.
  • 18. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) • Conti….. Dehydration of sample by acetone or ethanol. The sample is treated with un-polymerized, liquid epoxy plastic until the completely permeated and harden to form the solid block. The block cut into ultrafine size by microtome (100 nm) or diamond knife. Because the sample is very thing, the contrast between the structure and background is poor which can be increase by positive staining (specimen stain) of negative staining (background stain) to enhance the contrast.
  • 19. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) • Limtation: Poor penetration power of electron resulting a very thing sample is required (100 nm). Give only 2D image. Sample must be dehydrated, fixed and viewed under the high vacuum. This treatment not only kill the specimen but cause some shrinkage and distortion. Additional structure may observe know as artifcts.
  • 20. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) In SEM, an electron beam produces a beam of electron called as primary beam. The electron passes through electromagnetic lenses and directed over the surface of specimen. The primary electron beam knocks the surface of specimen resulting the generation of secondary electron beam that transmitted to an electron collector, amplified and used to produce an image on the screen or photographic plate. Magnification is 10,00X-10,000X
  • 21. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY • Advantages: Almost all kinds of samples, conducting and non- conducting (stain coating needed). SEM overcomes the problems associated with TEM. It gives the 3D structure. • Disadvantages: Low resolutions, usually above a few tens of nanometers. Usually required surface stain-coating with metals for electron conducting.
  • 23. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) • Resolution: Resolution is the minimum distance apart that 2 objects can be in order for them to appear as separate items. The greater resolutions the clearer the image. d= 1.22 λ/NA Where d is the resolving power, λ is the wavelength, NA is the numerical aperture. NA= n sin u n= the lowest refractive index between the object and first objective element u=is the ½ the angular aperture of the objective