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cadmium sulfide

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cadmium sulfide [′kad·mē·əm ′səl‚fīd]
(inorganic chemistry)
CdS A compound with two forms: orange, insoluble in water, used as a pigment, and also known as orange cadmium; light yellow, hexagonal crystals, insoluble in water, and also known as cadmium yellow.


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The scientists first synthesized both pure and contaminated samples of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles.
Zhang and his research team took a novel approach to stem the loss of light energy by pairing a cadmium sulfide nanowire - 1,000 times thinner than a human hair - with a silver surface separated by an insulating gap of only 5 nanometers, the size of a single protein molecule.
The actual solid suspension crystal that produces the colour is a mixture of cadmium sulfide (CdS) and cadmium selenate (CdSe), known as cadmium sulfoselenate (CdS/CdSe).
 
 
 
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