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II-VI semiconductor nanoparticles are presently of great interest for their practical applications such as zero-dimensional quantum confined materials and for their applications in optoelectronics and photonics. The optical properties get modified dramatically due to the confinement of charge carriers within the nanoparticles. Similar to the effects of charge carriers on optical properties, confinement of optical and acoustic phonons leads to interesting changes in the phonon spectra. In the present work, we have synthesized nanoparticles of CdS using chemical precipitation technique. The crystal structure and grain size of the particles are studied using XRD. The UV-visible absorption, photoluminescence and Raman spectra of the sample are recorded and discussed briefly
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Prabhu, R.R., Khadar, M.A. Characterization of chemically synthesized CdS nanoparticles. Pramana - J Phys 65, 801–807 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704078
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