selenide
noun
sel·e·nide
ˈse-lə-ˌnīd 
: a binary compound of selenium with a more electropositive element or group
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At the time, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, and zinc selenide were all contenders in the race to produce a practical blue LED.
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2024
In recent years, a handful of new materials has emerged, including quantum dots, organic photovoltaics, copper indium gallium selenide, and cadmium telluride.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2020
Small cadmium selenide crystals would immediately form but then stop because the injection cooled the solvent.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
But since then, materials scientists have been reporting more and more materials, such as tin selenide, and half a dozen other combinations, that lend themselves well to the thermoelectric effect.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023
That is how closely the manganese sulfide curve matches the germanium selenide one, this reviewer said.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
However, very similar curves also appeared in Dr. Dias’s thesis for an entirely different material, germanium selenide.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Fortunately, some progress has been made by companies trying to commercialize other flexible solar materials, such as the semiconductor made of copper indium gallium selenide.
—Samuel D. Stranks, Scientific American, 1 July 2015
Kimber first became suspicious about Dias’s work when Hamlin pointed out a detail in a 2021 Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on which Kimber and Dias were co-authors: A plot about manganese sulfide was nearly identical to a plot of germanium selenide in Dias’s thesis.
—Bydaniel Garisto, science.org, 13 Apr. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2024
In recent years, a handful of new materials has emerged, including quantum dots, organic photovoltaics, copper indium gallium selenide, and cadmium telluride.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2020
Small cadmium selenide crystals would immediately form but then stop because the injection cooled the solvent.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
But since then, materials scientists have been reporting more and more materials, such as tin selenide, and half a dozen other combinations, that lend themselves well to the thermoelectric effect.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023
That is how closely the manganese sulfide curve matches the germanium selenide one, this reviewer said.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
However, very similar curves also appeared in Dr. Dias’s thesis for an entirely different material, germanium selenide.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Fortunately, some progress has been made by companies trying to commercialize other flexible solar materials, such as the semiconductor made of copper indium gallium selenide.
—Samuel D. Stranks, Scientific American, 1 July 2015
Kimber first became suspicious about Dias’s work when Hamlin pointed out a detail in a 2021 Physical Review Letters (PRL) paper on which Kimber and Dias were co-authors: A plot about manganese sulfide was nearly identical to a plot of germanium selenide in Dias’s thesis.
—Bydaniel Garisto, science.org, 13 Apr. 2023
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“Selenide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selenide. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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