(V
2O
5)
100-xSe
x (
x = 9, 17, 25, 30 wt %) alloys have been prepare
d by quenching the meltfrom 1000 to 273 K in ice water. The XRD
data show the presence of crystalline V
2O
5, V
6O
13,VO
2, an
d Se phases. High-resolution XPS spectra for a Se 3
d peak show the presence ofSeO
2 an
d elemental Se phases in the samples. The presence of a reversible en
dothermicpeak
343 K in the
differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) curve of quenche
d samples isin
dicative of the monoclinic to tetragonal transformation in VO
2. A selenium melting peakat 495 K is also present in the DSC curve, for
x 17. Room-temperature
dielectricmeasurements in the frequency range 1 Hz to 100 kHz show the presence of negativepermittivity in samples with
x < 30. Permittivity Vs temperature an
d loss-factor Vstemperature measurements in the temperature range 273-373 K an
d at a fixe
d frequencyof 1 kHz were reversible with hysteresis across the monoclinic to tetragonal transformationof VO
2. A sample with
x = 30 exhibits a minimum temperature range of hysteresis an
dlarge change in the value of permittivity. The
diffuse reflectivity values for the sample
decreases with the increase
d selenium content until
x 17. For
x > 17, the reflectivity ofthe samples increases with increase
d selenium content. This is explaine
d in terms of theincrease
d V
2O
5 component in the samples.