01954nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245009100055210006900146260007300215300001200288490000700300520099000307653002501297653001801322653002501340653003301365100001901398700002501417700001701442700002201459700001301481700002101494700001701515700002701532856011701559       2005                        eng d  a0167-577X00aNovel polymer-inorganic solid-state reaction for the synthesis of CdS nanocrystallites0 aNovel polymerinorganic solidstate reaction for the synthesis of   aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcFEB  a554-5590 v593 a<p>We offer a novel polymer-inorganic solid-state reaction route for the in situ generation of nanochalcogenide semiconductor in the network of polymer which itself acts as a chalcogen source. We have exemplified feasibility of this route by reacting CdI2 with engineering thermoplastic polyphenylene sulphide (PPS). These two reactants in 1:1 and 10:1 molar ratios were simply heated at the crystalline melting temperature of PPS. The resultant products were characterized by X-ray diffractometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM, with selected area electron diffraction). The prima facie observations revealed the formation of cubic nanocrystallites of US with the particle size ranging from 6 to 20 nm entrapped in modified (cyclized) PPS matrix when the reactants were taken in 10:1 molar ratio. A tentative mechanism has been suggested for such hitherto unattempted solid-state reaction. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>10aCdS nanocrystallites10aSemiconductor10asolid-state reaction10aThermoplastic polymer matrix1 aKanade, K., G.1 aHawaldar, Ranjit, R.1 aPasricha, R.1 aRadhakrishnan, S.1 aSeth, T.1 aMulik, Uttam, P.1 aKale, B., B.1 aAmalnerkar, Dinesh, P.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/novel-polymer-inorganic-solid-state-reaction-synthesis-cds-nanocrystallites-0