title: Cu(2)ZnSiS(4).
abstract: Single crystals of Cu(2)ZnSiS(4), dicopper(I) zinc silicon tetrasulfide, have been prepared via high-temperature solid-state synthesis. Cu(2)ZnSiS(4) was found to have the wurtz-stannite structure type, like that of Li(2)CdGeS(4), Li(2)CdSnS(4), and Cu(2)CdSiS(4). Each sulfur anion is tetra-hedrally coordinated by two Cu cations, one Si cation, and one Zn cation, forming a three-dimensional honeycomb structure. When viewed along the c axis, the atoms are aligned in rows in which each cation alternates with the sulfur anions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rosmus
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Aitken