There are several approaches to analyze transmittance data of selenium films, from which one can extract their optical constants and other related topics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jafar|first=Mousa M. Abdul-Gader|last2=Saleh|first2=Mahmoud H.|last3=Ahmad|first3=Mais Jamil A.|last4=Bulos|first4=Basim N.|last5=Al-Daraghmeh|first5=Tariq M.|date=2016-04-01|title=Retrieval of optical constants of undoped amorphous selenium films from an analysis of their normal-incidence transmittance spectra using numeric PUMA method|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-015-4156-z|journal=Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics|language=en|volume=27|issue=4|pages=3281–3291|doi=10.1007/s10854-015-4156-z|issn=0957-4522}}</ref>
However, the algebraic method of Swanepoel seems to be trustful and need no dispersion relations in prior, but is limited to transmittance spectra that display a number of peaks (maxima and minima).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Saleh|first=Mahmoud H.|last2=Ershaidat|first2=Nidal M.|last3=Ahmad|first3=Mais Jamil A.|last4=Bulos|first4=Basim N.|last5=Jafar|first5=Mousa M. Abdul-Gader|date=2017-06-01|title=Evaluation of spectral dispersion of optical constants of a-Se films from their normal-incidence transmittance spectra using Swanepoel algebraic envelope approach|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10043-017-0311-5|journal=Optical Review|language=en|volume=24|issue=3|pages=260–277|doi=10.1007/s10043-017-0311-5|issn=1340-6000}}</ref>
The following paper deals with conventional curve-fitting of the transmittance data, an approach that depends on the availability of proper dispersion formulas to be inserted in the program.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Saleh|first=Mahmoud H.|last2=Jafar|first2=Mousa M. Abdul-Gader|last3=Bulos|first3=Basim N.|last4=Al-Daraghmeh|first4=Tariq M. F.|date=2014-10-21|title=Determination of Optical Properties of Undoped Amorphous Selenium (a-Se) Films by Dielectric Modeling of Their Normal-Incidence Transmittance Spectra|url=http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/apr/article/view/40452|journal=Applied Physics Research|language=en|volume=6|issue=6|pages=10|doi=10.5539/apr.v6n6p10|issn=1916-9647}}</ref>
Stoichiometric films of selenium-based alloys such as those of Bi-Se and Bi-Te composites are of technical importance for applications in memory switch devices. Thermoanalytical studies often give information about their stoichiometry, melting/boiling points and kinetic reactions responsible for their decomposition and crystallization. A preliminary thermoanalytical study on Bi-Se composites were conducted via thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermogravimetry (DTG) experiments using a single heating rate and analyzing the measured non-isothermal TG and DTG curves via model-based kinetic reaction formulas of original Coats-Redfern (CR) and Achar-Brindley-Sharp (ABS) equations, as described in the following paper, though it is always preferable to analyze such TG and DTG data on the basis of model-free kinetic reaction formulations and several heating rates.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ahmad|first=Mais Jamil A.|last2=Jafar|first2=Mousa M. Abdul-Gader|last3=Saleh|first3=Mahmoud H.|last4=Shehadeh|first4=Khawla M.|last5=Telfah|first5=Ahmad|last6=Ziq|first6=Khalil A.|date=2017-09-30|title=Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters and Thermal Stability of Melt-Quenched Bi<sub>x</sub>Se<sub>100−x</sub> Alloys (x ≤7.5 at%) by Non-Isothermal Thermogravimetric Analysis|url=http://www.appmicro.org/journal/view.html?uid=223&&vmd=Full|journal=Applied Microscopy|language=en|volume=47|issue=3|doi=10.9729/AM.2017.47.3.110|issn=2287-5123}}</ref>
In my laboratory, a number of studies were carried out on undoped amorphous and crystalline selenium films, in which their structure and electric/dielectric properties have been investigated and analyzed. Several articles and MSc theses by my students were written on such topics, a few of them are listed in the references below.
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