Donald R. Baer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — United States

Materials Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques(91), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition(45), Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals(40), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides(40), Semiconductor materials and devices(37)

Publications455 total

Description and operation characteristics of IONTOF Qtac high sensitivity low energy ion scattering spectrometer
Surface Science Spectra·2025Open Access
Importance of Sample Handling and Preparation for Surface Analysis: A Summary of ISO Standard 20579 Part 1, Documenting and Reporting the Handling of Specimens Prior to Analysis
Surface and Interface Analysis·2025Open Access
What more can be done with XPS? Highly informative but underused approaches to XPS data collection and analysis
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
What's in a Name? “ESCA” or “XPS”? A Discussion of Comments Made by Kai Siegbahn More Than Four Decades Ago Regarding the Name of the Technique
Surface and Interface Analysis·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Description and operation characteristics of SPECS EnviroESCA
Surface Science Spectra·2025· 5 cited
Perspective on the development of XPS and the pioneers who made it possible
Frontiers in Analytical Science·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Sustaining the Scientific and Technological Revolutions Enabled by Surface Analysis
Journal of Surface Analysis·2025Open Access
Following the propagation of erroneous x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy peak fitting through the literature. A genealogical approach
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films·2024· 6 cited
New challenges associated with hard X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (report on the 2023 ASTM E42‐ASSD AVS workshop)
Surface and Interface Analysis·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Importance of standard terminology in surface chemical analysis: ISO 18115‐1:2023, general terms and terms used in spectroscopy
Surface and Interface Analysis·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters
Applied Surface Science Advances·2024· 181 citedOpen Access
Surface analysis insight note: X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of battery electrodes—Challenges with nickel–manganese–cobalt and Li examples using an Al Kα x‐ray source
Surface and Interface Analysis·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Perspective on improving the quality of surface and material data analysis in the scientific literature with a focus on x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films·2023· 56 citedOpen Access
Evolving efforts to maintain and improve XPS analysis quality in an era of increasingly diverse uses and users
Surface and Interface Analysis·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Issue Information
Surface and Interface Analysis·2022Open Access
Preface for the special topic collection honoring Dr. Scott Chambers’ 70th birthday and his leadership in the science and technology of oxide thin films
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films·2022Open Access
Four vignettes on interactions with Martin Seah: The impact of his work
Surface and Interface Analysis·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
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Surface and Interface Analysis·2021Open Access
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Surface and Interface Analysis·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mark Engelhard(17), Chongmin Wang(9), James E. Amonette(8), Suntharampillai Thevuthasan(8), Ji‐Guang Zhang(6), Wu Xu(6), Prabhakaran Munusamy(5), Meng Gu(4), Ajay Karakoti(4), Satyanarayana V. N. T. Kuchibhatla(4), Jun Liu(4), P. Nachimuthu(4), James T. Nurmi(3), Paul G. Tratnyek(3), Vaishnavi Sarathy(3), R. Lee Penn(3), Ilias Belharouak(3), Arda Genç(3), Khalil Amine(3), Nigel D. Browning(3)