High oxygen pressure floating zone growth and crystal structure of the layered nickelates R${}_4$Ni${}_3$O${}_{10}$ (R=La, Pr)

Junjie Zhang, Hong Zheng, Yu-Sheng Chen +4

Single crystals of the metallic Ruddlesden-Popper trilayer nickelates R${}_4$Ni${}_3$O${}_{10}$ (R=La, Pr) were successfully grown using an optical-image floating zone furnace under oxyg…