Everything about Wurtzite totally explained
Wurtzite is a less frequently encountered
mineral form of
zinc sulfide, named after French chemist
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz.
The crystal structure is a member of the
hexagonal crystal system and consists of tetrahedrally coordinated
zinc and
sulfur atoms that are stacked in an ABABAB pattern. The structure is closely related to the structure of
lonsdaleite, or hexagonal
diamond.
The unit cell parameters of wurtzite are
- a = b = 3.81 Å = 381 pm
- c = 6.23 Å = 623 pm
Several other compounds can take the wurtzite structure, including
AgI,
ZnO,
CdS,
CdSe,
α-SiC,
GaN,
AlN, and other semiconductors. In most of these compounds, wurtzite isn't the favored form of the bulk crystal, but the structure can be favored in some nanocrystal forms of the material.
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