Growth of zinc blende MnS and MnS heterostructures by MBE using ZnS as a sulphur source

Many potentially interesting semiconductor compounds do not have the usual zinc blende (ZB) or wurtzite crystal structures as their lowest energy configuration. In some, the atomic coordination number is six, rather than four, and the stable crystal structures are NaCl or NiAs, e.g. the first row transition metal sulphides and other ionic sulphides such as MgS.