selenide
Noun
Meaning
A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
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Overview Crystalline 2×2-atom tin selenide nanowire grown inside a single-wall carbon nanotube (tube diameter ~1 nm). citation A noise-filtered HRTEM image of a HgTe extreme nanowire embedded down the central pore of a SWCNT.
In many cases of selenium poisoning, selenous acid is formed in the body. citation Hydrogen selenide (H 2 Se) is highly toxic.
PLP also plays a cofactor role in releasing selenium from selenohomocysteine to produce hydrogen selenide, which can then be used to incorporate selenium into selenoproteins.
Otherwise, the main chalcogenides are europium(II) sulfide (EuS), europium(II) selenide (EuSe) and europium(II) telluride (EuTe): all three of these are black solids.
Minerals that are pure selenide or selenate compounds are known but rare.
Nanoparticles of cadmium selenide ( quantum dots ) glow when exposed to ultraviolet light.