title: Fine-tuning of optical properties with salts of discrete or polymeric, heterobimetallic telluride anions [M4micro4-Te)(SnTe4)4](10-) (M = Mn, Zn, Cd, Hg) and 3{[Hg4(micro4-Te)(SnTe4)3](6-)}.
abstract: Compounds with first discrete M/Sn/Te anions--exhibiting a series of optical absorption energies in the semiconductor range-are obtained by reactions of K+ or Rb+ salts of [SnTe4](4-) with MCl2 (M = Mn, Zn, Cd, Hg) in H2O or H2O-MeOH; larger Cs+ cations provoke the formation of a polymeric derivative of the ternary anionic structure.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruzin
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehnen