inorganic compounds
The new ternary gadolinium telluride, CsGdTe4, was prepared via the molten flux method. It is a layer compound containing Te22- tellurium dianions. Layers of Gd centres are sandwiched by Te layers leading to [GdTe4]nn- layers which are separated by Cs cations. Within a [GdTe4]nn- layer, the Gd cations are in a square-antiprismatic coordination of eight Te anions.