selenide

American

[sel-uh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈsɛl əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.

Etymology

Origin of selenide

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def. )

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To investigate this behavior, the team used laser beams of various colors on a two-layer Janus TMD material composed of molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked on molybdenum disulfide.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

That is how closely the manganese sulfide curve matches the germanium selenide one, this reviewer said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

China’s controls, to take effect from August 1, will apply to eight gallium-related products: gallium antimonide, gallium arsenide, gallium metal, gallium nitride, gallium oxide, gallium phosphide, gallium selenide and indium gallium arsenide.

From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023

So, in their current study, Kanatzidis and his colleagues came up with a way to use heat to drive any oxygen away from the powdery precursors, leaving pristine polycrystalline tin selenide.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2021

It is energetically decomposed by water, with formation of boric acid and liberation of hydrogen selenide.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

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