“…The two aforementioned compounds belong to the family of hollandite derivative materials, characterized by the general formula AM 5 X 8 (A = Li–Cs, Sr, Ba, Cd, In, Tl, Sn, and Pb; M = Sc, Ti, V, and Cr; and X = S, Se, and Te). − The structure of these compounds is somewhat related to that of hollandite mineral oxide BaMn 8 O 16 . First described by Byström and Byström, the hollandite structure consists of interconnected chains of MnO 6 octahedra, where the chains share corners, forming a quasi-one-dimensional framework.…”