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Effects of different light and heavy rare-earth compositions on structure and magnetic properties of high-entropy garnet ceramics

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Here, a series of high-entropy (Sm0.2Eu0.2Yb0.2Y0.2RE0.2)3Fe5O12 (RE = La, Nd, Gd, Dy, Er, Tm, Lu) garnet ceramics were synthesized by the solid-phase method. Among them, samples (Sm0.2Eu0.2Yb0.2Y0.2RE0.2)3Fe5O12 (RE = Nd, Gd, Dy, Er, Tm, Lu) forms single-phase garnet structure, and only sample (Sm0.2Eu0.2Yb0.2Y0.2La0.2)3Fe5O12 did not form single-phase but some second phases appear. Meanwhile, EDS results show that the approximate equimolar ratio of lanthanides were determined. The effects of different rare-earth composition on the structure and magnetic properties of the high-entropy rare-earth garnet ceramics were systematically investigated. Moreover, the combination of different light and heavy rare-earth makes the magnetism of the high-entropy garnet ceramics interesting, which proves the possibility of controlling the magnetism of high-entropy garnet ceramics.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing—original draft by Dongyang Chen. Resources, writing—review and editing, supervision by Yujie Yang.Validation, Visualization by Yingming Zhang, Congliang Chen, Hao Li, Yuting Meng, Zhengyu Zhang. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dongyang Chen and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Chen, D., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. Effects of different light and heavy rare-earth compositions on structure and magnetic properties of high-entropy garnet ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 799 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12536-1

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