The neutral square-planar complexes [Pt(RNH2)(2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)] (R = H, 1; Et, 2) and [Pt(DACH)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)] (DACH = 1,2-diaminocyclohexane, 3) act as metalloligands and make bonds to closed-shell Tl(I) ions to afford one- and two-dimensional platinum-thallium oligomers or polymers based on heterobimetallic backbones. A series of heteronuclear platinum(II)-thallium(I) complexes have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The structures of the Pt-Tl compounds resulted from [Pt(RNH2)(2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)] and TlX [X = NO3-, ClO4-, PF6-, and Cp2Fe(CO2)(2)(2-)] are dependent on both counteranions and the amine substituents. The compounds [Pt(NH)(2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)Tl]X (X = NO3-, 8; ClO4-, 9) adopt one-dimensional zigzag chain structures consisting of repeatedly stacked [Pt(NH3)(2)-((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)Tl](+) units, whereas [{Pt(NH3)(2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)}(2)Tl-2]X-2 (X = PF6-, 10) consists of a helical chain. Compound 3 reacts with Tl+ to give [{Pt(DACH)( (NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)}(2)Tl](NO3)center dot[Pt(DACH)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)2]center dot 3H(2)O (14) and one-dimensional polymeric [{Pt(DACH)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)}(2)Tl-2]X-2 (X = ClO4-, 15; PF6-, 16). Reactions of [Pt(DACH)(NHCOCH3)(2)] with Tl+ ions afford one-dimensional coordination polymers [{Pt(DACH)(NHCOCH3)(2)}(2)Tl-2] X2 (X = NO3-, 17; ClO4-, 18; PF6(-), 19). The polymeric [{Pt(DACH)(NHCOR')(2)}(2)Tl-2](2+) (R = CH3, Bu-t) complexes adopt helical structures, which are generated around the crystallographic 2(1) screw axis. The distance between the coils corresponds to the unit cell length, which ranges from 22.58 to 22.68 angstrom. The platinum-thallium bond distances fall in a narrow range around 3.0 angstrom. The complexes derived from [Pt(NH3)(2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)] are luminescent at 77 K. The trinuclear complexes [{Pt(RNH2)((NHCOBu)-Bu-t)(2)}(2)Tl](+) do not emit at room temperature but are emissive at 77 K, whereas the polymeric platinum-thallium complexes containing 1,2- diaminocyclohexane are intensively luminescent at both room temperature and 77 K. The color variations are interesting; 15 exhibits intense yellow-green, 16 exhibits green, and 17-19 exhibit blue luminescence. The presence of bonding between platinum and thallium is supported by the short metal-metal separations and the strong low-energy luminescence of these compounds in their solid states.