ZnS nanostructures with different dimensions and structure-related properties were reviewed in this paper. The crystallization of nanostructures from 0D, 1D to 3D, as well as the heterogonous counterparts, was sum- marized in the aspect of zinc blende, wurtzite structure, and their combinations. Furthermore, the structure-related energy bands and the corresponding photoelectric properties of ZnS nanostructures were also focused, in which we made a brief summary of the co-relations between photoluminescence and crystallography, especially the defectrelated luminescence properties of ZnS nanocrystal.
