Semiconductor zinc chalcogenides nanofibers from 1-D molecular precursors

The reaction of zinc (Zn) and sulfur (S) or selenium (Se) with hydrazine hydrate (N2H4 · H2O) at 80 °C leads to the formation of N2H4 intercalated lamellar zinc chalcogenides which are characterized by classical methods and shown to be self-assembled into 1-D morphologies; decomposition of these molecular precursors in ethanol at 180 °C results in high temperature stable wurtzite ZnS or ZnSe nanofibers.