Notable Achievements in Surface Chemical Analysis by Dr. Martin P. Seah

Abstract

Dr. Martin P. Seah, Emeritus Fellow of National Physical Laboratory, who passed away in June 2021, has made remarkable achievements in the fields of surface chemical analysis for more than 50 years. His top 100 publications are picked up using the number of citations as an index, which is classified by academic fields. Most are related to surface electron spectroscopy, accounting for nearly 60%. Next are related to SIMS or interface segregation. Areas related to SPM also account for 4%. In the 1970s, research on grain boundary segregation was his mainstream. From the 1980s, research on the quantification of surface electron spectroscopy became dominant. Since the 1990s, the weight of the quantification related to SIMS has increased. Furthermore, since the 2000s, research on SPM has increased as a nanoanalysis method. Both for VAMAS-SCA, which was established in the 1980s, and ISO / TC 201, which was created in the 1990s, Dr. Seah made an extraordinary contribution to the international standardization of surface chemical analysis. His great achievements and contributions are overviewed with a focus on the events related to the author.