Growth Kinetics of Zinc Sulphide Nanocrystals Synthesized by Colloidal Thermolysis of Fatty Acid Carboxylates

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(a) The p-XRD pattern and (b) the TEM image of ZnS nanoparticles obtained by decomposing the zinc ricinoleate carboxylate complex in oleylamine: dodecanethiol (1 : 1) solvent mixture at 300°C for 1 hour. The red lines are the standard pattern for sphalerite ZnS (JCPDS 03-065-0309).

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