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> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272292433_Comprehensive_formulations_forthe_total_normal-incidence_optical_reflectance_and_transmittance_of_thin_films_laid_on_thick_substrates|title=Comprehensive formulations forthe total normal-incidence optical reflectance and transmittance of thin films laid on thick substrates|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-11-06}}</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/data have been also 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Abdul-Gader Jafar|first=M. M.|last2=Nigmatullin|first2=R. R.|date=2001-09-21|title=Identification of a new function model for the AC-impedance of thermally evaporated undoped selenium films using the Eigen-coordinates method|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004060900101166X|journal=Thin Solid Films|volume=396|issue=1|pages=282–296|doi=10.1016/S0040-6090(01)01166-X}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last=ABDUL-GADER|first=M. M.|last2=AL-BASHA|first2=MAHMOUD A.|last3=WISHAH|first3=K. A.|date=1998-07-01|title=Temperature dependence of DC conductivity of as-deposited and annealed selenium films|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/002072198134328|journal=International Journal of Electronics|volume=85|issue=1|pages=21–41|doi=10.1080/002072198134328|issn=0020-7217}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last=I.F.|first=Al-Hamarneh,|last2=B.N.|first2=Bulos,|last3=Abdul-Gader|first3=Jafar, M.M.|title=Effect of isothermal annealing and visible-light illumination on the AC-impedance behavior of undoped selenium thin films|url=http://www.academia.edu/30276102/Effect_of_isothermal_annealing_and_visible-light_illumination_on_the_AC-impedance_behavior_of_undoped_selenium_thin_films|journal=Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids|language=en|volume=355|issue=4-5|issn=0022-3093}}</ref>
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