 Zinc sulfide (source code)

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= Zinc sulfide
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<Zinc sulfide> is $\mathrm{ZnS}$, a semiconductor compound with common cubic and hexagonal structural forms. <Sphalerite> is the familiar cubic mineral form.

Its optical response depends on crystal structure, defects, and dopants. Zinc sulfide therefore illustrates why luminescence is often a property of a carefully prepared material rather than a prediction from the bare formula alone.

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