selenide

American  

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

noun

Chemistry.

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

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Etymology

Origin of selenide

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

“This opens the door for new devices to be built from polycrystalline tin selenide pellets and their applications to be explored,” Kanatzidis says.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 2, 2021

As in case of arsenic and antimony, the hydrogen evolved at the negative pole combines with the reduced substances, forming hydrogen, selenide, or telluride, which remain in part in solution in the liquid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various