Spin state of nickel ions and electrical behaviour in entropy-stabilized rare-earth nickelate Ln4Ni3O10
摘要
Superconductivity has been realized in rare-earth nickelates, yet only at extreme conditions: either as strained thin films or under high pressure. Owing to the narrow lattice-tolerance window, compositional tuning is severely restricted by conventional synthesis. To circumvent this bottleneck, we have prepared a series of multiple rare-earth Ln4Ni3O10 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Eu) samples through an entropy stabilization strategy. The increased configurational entropy expands the lattice tolerability of the samples and enhances the tunab