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Single crystals and polycrystalline samples of Ho5Pd4Sn12 have been synthesized using flux and arc-melting methods, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies indicate that Ho5Pd4Sn12 crystallizes in a tetragonal structure (I4/m) at… Click to show full abstract
Single crystals and polycrystalline samples of Ho5Pd4Sn12 have been synthesized using flux and arc-melting methods, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies indicate that Ho5Pd4Sn12 crystallizes in a tetragonal structure (I4/m) at room temperature and transforms into a monoclinic structure (C2/m) below ∼194 K. This structural transition is further supported by a transmission electron microscopy study and an anomaly at ∼194 K in the specific heat data. Temperature-dependent resistivity data also show a kink around the structural transition temperature. Ho5Pd4Sn12 is antiferromagnetically ordered below 7 K. Ho5Pd4Sn12 shows magnetic anisotropy, and the isothermal magnetization curve (H⊥c) at 2 K exhibits a field-induced magnetic phase transition around 22.8 kOe.
Journal Title: Inorganic chemistry
Year Published: 2022
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