DHAR , S. K.

R11Ni4In9 (R = rare earth) compounds exhibit an unusual self-assembled nano/microfibrous morphology that results in anisotropic structural and magnetic behaviors. The existence of new compounds for R = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Lu, has been established (orthorhombic Nd11Pd4In9- type, oC48, Cmmm, Z = 2), showing that the formation of these phases,...

We have grown a single crystal of HoAl2Ge2, which crystallizes in the hexagonal CaAl2Si2 type structure with Ho ions in the trigonal coordination in the ab plane. The data obtained from the bulk measurement techniques of magnetization, heat capacity and transport reveal that HoAl2Ge2 orders antiferromagnetically at TN 6.5 K. The susceptibility...