T1&T2: Optical Microscopy class content (slide available here)

1. Introduction to Optical Microscopy

2. Electromagnetic Radiation: revision

3. Optical Elements and image formation

4. Limitation of optical microscopy  

5. Widefield microscopy in brightfield mode

6. Advanced widefield microscopy

7. Applications of optical microscopy in research

A video playlist is available (slides in English with Portuguese audio) HERE.

Exercises

Recommended literature:
Chapter. 1 of book Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods: Yang Leng, 2013, 2nd Ed, Wiley­VCH.