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Yuwen Zhao1, Yong Zhang, Hao Zhu
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. ywzhao@udel.edu
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 4, 2004
Abstract:
We report a low-temperature (150 degrees C) and simple synthesis of quasi-monodispersed and uniform hexagonal (Wurtzite) ZnS nanocrystals in ethylene glycol medium. The samples structures were characterized with X-ray diffraction technique and transmission electron microscopy. It is believed that ethylene glycol medium plays a key role in forming hexagonal ZnS which is a stable phase at high temperatures.

