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Overview

Cedric J. Powell is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields intersecting Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. Within these disciplines, they have concentrated on subfields such as Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work extensively explores topics related to Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, and Advancements in Photolithography Techniques. Additional topics of research engagement include Machine Learning in Materials Science, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Mineral Processing and Grinding, and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

They have published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the following:

  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • Surface and Interface Analysis
  • Journal of Surface Analysis
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Data Science Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cedric J. Powell include:

  • Practical guide for inelastic mean free paths, effective attenuation lengths, mean escape depths, and information depths in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • Proliferation of Faulty Materials Data Analysis in the Literature, 2020, Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Effective Attenuation Lengths for Different Quantitative Applications of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
  • Perspective on improving the quality of surface and material data analysis in the scientific literature with a focus on x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), 2023, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. XIII. Data for 14 organic compounds and water over the 50 eV to 200 keV range with the relativistic full Penn algorithm, 2022, Surface and Interface Analysis

Their frequent co-authors include Matthew R. Linford, Donald R. Baer, John T. Grant, Peter M. A. Sherwood, and Jeff Terry, reflecting a collaborative research approach across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. III. Data for 15 inorganic compounds over the 50–2000 eV range

    Shigeo Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Calculations of electorn inelastic mean free paths. II. Data for 27 elements over the 50–2000 eV range

    S. Tanuma;C. J. Powell;D. R. Penn

  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths for 31 materials

    Shigeo Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. IX. Data for 41 elemental solids over the 50 eV to 30 keV range

    S Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Attenuation lengths of low-energy electrons in solids

    Cedric J. Powell

  • elsepa—Dirac partial-wave calculation of elastic scattering of electrons and positrons by atoms, positive ions and molecules

    Francesc Salvat;Aleksander Jablonski;Cedric J. Powell

  • NIST Electron Inelastic-Mean-Free-Path Database 71, Version 1.0

    Cedric J. Powell;Aleksander Jablonski

  • Origin of the Characteristic Electron Energy Losses in Magnesium

    C. J. Powell;J. B. Swan

  • Evaluation of Calculated and Measured Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths Near Solid Surfaces

    Cedric J. Powell;Aleksander Jablonski

  • Calculations of Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths (IMFPs) IV. Evaluation of Calculated IMFPs and of the Predictive IMFP Formula TPP-2 for Electron Energies between 50 and 2000 eV

    Shigeo Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths

    S. Tanuma;C. J. Powell;D. R. Penn

  • Calculation of electron inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs) VII. Reliability of the TPP-2M IMFP predictive equation †

    S Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Cross sections for ionization of inner-shell electrons by electrons

    Cedric J. Powell

  • The NIST Electron Effective-Attenuation-Length Database

    C.J. Powell;A. Jablonski

  • Recommended Auger parameters for 42 elemental solids

    Cedric J. Powell

  • The NIST x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy database

    J. R. Rumble;D. M. Bickham;C. J. Powell

  • Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. X. Data for 41 elemental solids over the 50 eV to 200 keV range with the relativistic full Penn algorithm

    Hiroshi Shinotsuka;Shigeo Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

  • Effect of Oxidation on the Characteristic Loss Spectra of Aluminum and Magnesium

    C. J. Powell;J. B. Swan

  • Precision, accuracy, and uncertainty in quantitative surface analyses by Auger‐electron spectroscopy and x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    C. J. Powell;M. P. Seah

  • Proposed formula for electron inelastic mean free paths based on calculations for 31 materials

    Shigeo Tanuma;Cedric J. Powell;David R. Penn

Frequent Co-Authors

Aleksander Jablonski
Aleksander Jablonski Polish Academy of Sciences
Ami E. Berkowitz
Ami E. Berkowitz University of California, San Diego
Peter M. A. Sherwood
Peter M. A. Sherwood University of Washington
Donald R. Baer
Donald R. Baer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David G. Castner
David G. Castner University of Washington
Raja Devesh Kumar Misra
Raja Devesh Kumar Misra The University of Texas at El Paso
Kateryna Artyushkova
Kateryna Artyushkova Physical Electronics, Inc.
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Karen L. Kavanagh
Karen L. Kavanagh Simon Fraser University
Hideki Yoshikawa
Hideki Yoshikawa Osaka University

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