Fig. 5: Negative thermal expansion.

a Enlarged XRD patterns (2θ = 25.5–27°) of CEGO at different temperatures (25–250 °C). b The variation in cell parameters (a–c) for CEGO from 25 to 250 °C. c The linear fitting of cell volumes over the temperature range from 25 to 250 °C. d The variation in the distortion of the EuO6 octahedron with increasing temperature from 25 to 250 °C