Abstract
As <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">40</sub> Se <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">60</sub> glass is synthesised in ≤ 35 min via microwave heating in a domestic microwave oven (DMO). The DMO product is compared with arsenic selenide glass made by conventional resistive furnace melting which takes > 30 h to produce homogeneous chalcogenide glass. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy with selected area electron diffraction, analytical scanning electron microscopy optical microscopy and differential thermal analysis indicate that the DMO As <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">40</sub> Se <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">60</sub> has similar properties to those of the conventionally melted As <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">40</sub> Se <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">60</sub> glass. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and refractive index dispersion show slight differences. The DMO As <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">40</sub> Se <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">60</sub> glass is patterned, using hot embossing, and is drawn to fibre.
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