Low-temperature synthesis of hexagonal ZnS nanoparticles by a facile microwave-assisted single-source method

Zinc blende versus wurtzite ZnS nanoparticles: control of the phase and optical properties by tetrabutylammonium hydroxide

“…9,10 In both cubic and hexagonal structures, Zn and S atoms are tetrahedrally bonded where the only difference is in the stacking sequence of atomic layers. Nevertheless, with decreasing particle size, the relative stability of two phases changes and low-temperature synthesis of small wurtzite ZnS nanoparticles have been reported, [11][12][13][14] and very recently, Kulkarni et al 15 reported the ethylenediaminemediated wurtzite phase formation in ZnS. Controlled fabrication of nanoparticles with different phases is desirable and necessary, which is however still a great challenge.…”

Synthesis of wurtzite-phase ZnS nanocrystal and its optical properties

“…The cubic phase of ZnS NCs is the only stable phase at room temperature and hexagonal wurtzite structure can be formed at temperatures higher than 1020 1C only [10,11]. From the literature, it is found that there are only few reports of synthesis of pure wurtzite ZnS NCs at low temperature [8,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. There exist several methods [17][18][19][20][21][22] for preparation of cubic ZnS NCs, such as chemical precipitation method, micro-emulsion method, precipitation in a solid polymer matrix, and the sol-gel processing followed by reaction with H 2 S gas.…”

Facile Microwave-assisted Synthesis Manganese Doped Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles

“…ZnS NPs, doped 10 or undoped 11 , have been previously synthesized in a microwave reactor. The reported methods involve single precursors 12 , which yield good quality nanoparticles, but are either expensive or hard to synthesize. Other synthesis involve hazardous, e.g .…”