Direct observation of elemental fluctuation and oxygen octahedral distortion-dependent charge distribution in high entropy oxides

Lei Su; Huaixun Huyan; Abhishek Sarkar; Wenpei Gao; Xingxu Yan; Christopher Addiego; Robert Kruk; Horst Hahn; Xiaoqing Pan

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30018-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Direct observation of elemental fluctuation and oxygen octahedral distortion-dependent charge distribution in high entropy oxides

Lei Su,
Huaixun Huyan,
Abhishek Sarkar,
Wenpei Gao,
Xingxu Yan,
Christopher Addiego,
Robert Kruk,
Horst Hahn,
Xiaoqing Pan

Affiliations

Lei Su: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Huaixun Huyan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Abhishek Sarkar: KIT-TUD-Joint Research Laboratory Nanomaterials, Technical University Darmstadt
Wenpei Gao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Xingxu Yan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Christopher Addiego: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Robert Kruk: Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Horst Hahn: KIT-TUD-Joint Research Laboratory Nanomaterials, Technical University Darmstadt
Xiaoqing Pan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30018-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Fundamental understanding of local atomic features of high entropy oxides (HEOs) is limited due to their compositional complexity. Here the authors show composition fluctuation induced local oxygen octahedral distortion, chemical bond covalency and correlated properties in a series of HEOs.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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