“…We do not seek to structure the discussion on the periodic table but rather have selected first those materials that find most applications and consequently have been studied in greater depth. We have already discussed some ternary sulfides in the preceding sections, namely those in which the metals come from the same group of the periodic t a b l e a n d i n c l u d e ; M o 1 − x W x S 2 , 1 1 7 Z n x C d 1 − x S , 7 1 , 7 2 , 2 6 7 , 3 5 3 , 3 5 4 , 3 5 8 , 3 6 4 P b 1 − x S n x S , 4 5 9 (Bi 1−x Sb x ) 2 S 3 , 494,495 and Eu 1−x Gd x S. 526,527 We also realize that there is a fine line between a doped binary metal-sulfide and a ternary metal-sulfide, and in the main we have c o n s i d e r e d d o p e d s y s t e m s e l s ewhere, 66,67,100,101,120,133,[292][293][294]321 unless they are doped multinary sulfides which we cover here. Some authors have focused specifically on the development of synthetic methods to access ternary and quaternary sulfides, 78,79 and while these efforts will not be discussed in detail here, the interested reader is strongly advised to consult these excellent contributions.…”