| Abstract: | Irradiation of colloidal solutions of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles stabilized with polyvinyl alcohol or gelatine in the presence of strong reducing agents (sulfite, hydrazine) causes reduction of part of the Cd2+ ions in the CdS lattice to Cd0 with a quantum efficiency of about 10–4.L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, Ukraine National Academy of Science, Ukraine, 252039 Kiev, Nauki Prosp., 31. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 102–106, March–April, 1996. Original article submitted July 12, 1995. |
