Long-range magnetic order with disordered spin orientations in a high-entropy antiferromagnet
This study reveals that a high-entropy antiferromagnet, (Mn1/4Fe1/4Co1/4Ni1/4)PS3, sustains long-range zigzag magnetic order below 72 K despite significant atomic disorder, where all four transition-metal elements undergo a unified phase transition but maintain distinct spin orientations due to the competition between single-ion anisotropies and exchange interactions.