Ua ʻike nui ʻia nā mea ZnS ʻaʻole wale ma muli o ko lākou mau waiwai kino maikaʻi e like me ka bandgap ikehu ākea, kiʻekiʻe refractive index, a me ka transmittance kukui kiʻekiʻe i ka laulā ʻike ʻia, akā no kā lākou mau noi kūpono i nā mea optical, electronic, a me optoelectronic.Loaʻa i ka Zinc sulfide ka hopena fluorescence maikaʻi loa a me ka hana electroluminescence, a ʻo ka zinc sulfide he hopena photoelectric kūʻokoʻa, e hōʻike ana i nā waiwai maikaʻi loa i nā kula o ka uila, magnetism, optics, mechanics and catalysis.