Abstract
A method for calculating the x-ray diffraction patterns of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles with a disordered internal structure, a real surface, shape, and size is proposed within the kinematic theory of scattering. A computer analysis has revealed that the characteristic shape of the experimental x-ray diffraction patterns of cadmium sulfide films and powders is determined by a specific disordered nanoparticle structure differing from the crystal structures of wurtzite and sphalerite. According to the computer simulation, cadmium sulfide nanoparticles synthesized through chemical deposition have a shape similar to a hexagonal prism with a characteristic size of approximately 5 nm.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Vorokh, A.A. Rempel, 2007, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 143–148.