Beschreibung:
<jats:p><jats:bold>Tellurium double layers, between which planar layers of iodine molecules are inserted,</jats:bold> characterize the new intercalation compound (Te<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>)<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>(I<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>); it contains a tellurium modification that was previously unknown as an independent phase, which is intercalated by elemental iodine. Crystals were obtained by hydrothermal synthesis in concentrated hydrogen iodide.</jats:p>