Transparent ZnS Ceramics by Sintering of High Purity Monodisperse Nanopowders

• Published in: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Vol. 96; no. 10; pp. 3070 - 3074
• Main Authors: Chlique, Christophe, Merdrignac-Conanec, Odile, Hakmeh, Noha, Zhang, Xianghua, Adam, Jean-Luc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Columbus Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Ceramic sintering; Ceramics; Chemical Sciences; Grain boundaries; Grain size; Hot pressing; Material chemistry; Microstructure; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Purity; Zinc sulfides

We report an efficient way of preparing transparent ZnS ceramics using the hot‐pressing technique. It has been found that the transparency is highly dependent on the purity and the grain size distribution of the starting ZnS powders. Highly pure and monodisperse ZnS powders have been obtained by pos...