Scott A Wight

Scott's research interests include fundamental measurements of electron induced X-ray specimen interactions, particle microanalysis, characterization and modeling of the primary electron scattering by gas molecules and its effect on quantitation in the environmental scanning electron microscope, and temperature dependent cathodoluminescence.

He is member of ASTM committee E42 on Surface Analysis, ISO TC 201 Committee on Surface Chemical Analysis, and ISO TC 202 Committee on Microbeam Analysis. He has been a member of the Microanalysis Society since 1990.

Awards

2010 US Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award

2010 Microbeam Analysis Society Presidential Service Award

2015 Materials Measurement Laboratory Accolades Award for Service to MML

Selected Publications

Evaluation of the Shapes of Auger- and Secondary-Electron Linescans Across Interfaces With the Logistic Function

July 1, 2006

Author(s)

Scott A. Wight, Cedric J. Powell

We report on the use of the extended logistic function for fitting Auger-electron (AE) and secondary-electron (SE) linescans. Such fits provide convenient and

Direct Preparation of Particles From Liquid Suspension for ESEM or SEM Analysis

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Scott A. Wight, Richard D. Holbrook

A simplified method for the preparation of particles from liquid suspensions has been developed. Particles are deposited directly on carbon planchets for rapid

Experimental Data and Model Simulations of Beam Spread in the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Scott A. Wight

This work describes the comparison of experimental measurements of electron beam spread in the environmental scanning electron microscope with model predictions

Publications

Registering Particle Data Sets Using a Rotation and Translation Invariant Nearest-Neighbor Algorithm

February 10, 2023

Author(s)

Nicholas Ritchie, Scott A. Wight, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Abigail P. Lindstrom

It can be useful to register (or overlay) two sets of particle data measured from the same physical sample. However, if the two data sets were collected at

ZnO fin optical cavities

June 16, 2022

Author(s)

Babak Nikoobakht, Amit Agrawal, Scott A. Wight, Jonathan Lee, Michael Shur

Nanostructured semiconductors have shown great promise toward miniaturization of electrically driven semiconductor lasers. Previously, we reported on an

Compositional Imaging and Analysis of Late Iron Age Glass from the Broborg Vitrified Hillfort, Sweden

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Jamie Weaver, Scott A. Wight, Carolyn Pearce, John McCloy, Thomas Lam, Rolf Sjoblom, David Peeler, Michael Schweiger, Albert Kruger, Scott Whittaker, Edward Vicenzi

Numerous Iron Age hillforts were constructed throughout Europe on high ground to serve ancient settlements. The edifice walls of a small fraction of hillforts

Chemical Compound Classification by Elemental Signatures in Castle Dust Using SEM Automated X-ray Particle Analysis

August 1, 2018

Author(s)

Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Edward P. Vicenzi, Nicholas W. Ritchie, Carol A. Grissom, Richard A. Livingston, Zoe Weldon-Yochim, Joseph M. Conny, Scott A. Wight

Discoloration on the Smithsonian Institution Building and Enid A. Haupt Garden gateposts was recently revealed to be related to a Mn enriched rock varnish. Mn

Stone-Cold Low Temperature Cathodoluminescence Spectrometry of Quartz (SiO2)

August 1, 2018

Author(s)

Edward P. Vicenzi, Scott A. Wight

Cathodoluminescence (CL) studies of quartz have been useful in Earth sciences for understanding geological cycling, quantitative trace element concentrations

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Scott A Wight (Fed)

Research Chemist, CORII

Awards

Selected Publications

Evaluation of the Shapes of Auger- and Secondary-Electron Linescans Across Interfaces With the Logistic Function

Direct Preparation of Particles From Liquid Suspension for ESEM or SEM Analysis

Experimental Data and Model Simulations of Beam Spread in the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

Publications

Registering Particle Data Sets Using a Rotation and Translation Invariant Nearest-Neighbor Algorithm

ZnO fin optical cavities

Compositional Imaging and Analysis of Late Iron Age Glass from the Broborg Vitrified Hillfort, Sweden

Chemical Compound Classification by Elemental Signatures in Castle Dust Using SEM Automated X-ray Particle Analysis

Stone-Cold Low Temperature Cathodoluminescence Spectrometry of Quartz (SiO2)