@misc{szary_magnetic_fielddependent_2016, author={Szary, P., Kaiser, D., Bick, J.-P., Lott, D., Heinemann, A., Dewhurst, C., Birringer, R., Michels, A.}, title={Magnetic field-dependent spin structures of nanocrystalline holmium}, year={2016}, howpublished = {journal article}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576716001898}, abstract = {The results are reported of magnetic field-dependent neutron diffraction experiments on polycrystalline inert-gas condensed holmium with a nanometre crystallite size (D = 33 nm). At T = 50 K, no evidence is found for the existence of helifan(3/2) or helifan(2) structures for the nanocrystalline sample, in contrast with results reported in the literature for the single crystal. Instead, when the applied field H is increased, the helix pattern transforms progressively, most likely into a fan structure. It is the component of H which acts on the basal-plane spins of a given nanocrystallite that drives the disappearance of the helix; for nanocrystalline Ho, this field is about 1.3 T, and it is related to a characteristic kink in the virgin magnetization curve. For a coarse-grained Ho sample, concomitant with the destruction of the helix phase, the emergence of an unusual angular anisotropy (streak pattern) and the appearance of novel spin structures are observed.}, note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576716001898} (DOI). Szary, P.; Kaiser, D.; Bick, J.; Lott, D.; Heinemann, A.; Dewhurst, C.; Birringer, R.; Michels, A.: Magnetic field-dependent spin structures of nanocrystalline holmium. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 2016. vol. 49, 533-538. DOI: 10.1107/S1600576716001898}}