Kayan ZnS sun jawo hankalin mai girma ba kawai saboda kyawawan kaddarorinsu na zahiri irin su bandgap mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi, babban juzu'i mai ƙarfi, da watsa haske mai girma a cikin kewayon bayyane, amma har ma don manyan aikace-aikacen su a cikin na'urorin gani, lantarki, da na'urorin optoelectronic.Zinc sulfide yana da kyakkyawan sakamako mai kyalli da aikin electroluminescence, kuma zinc sulfide yana da tasirin hoto na musamman, yana nuna kyawawan kaddarorin da yawa a fagen wutar lantarki, magnetism, optics, makanikai da catalysis