Two sets of core/shell magnetic nanoparticles, CoFe2O4/Fe3O4 and Fe3O4/CoFe2O4, with a fixed diameter of the core (~ 4.1 and ~ 6.3 nm for the former and latter sets, respectively) and thickness of shells up to 2.5 nm were synthesized from metal chlorides in a diethylene glycol solution. The nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and magnetic measurements. The analysis of the results of magnetic measurements shows that coating of magnetic nanoparticles with the shells results in two simultaneous effects: first, it modifies the parameters of the core-shell interface, and second, it makes the particles acquire combined features of the core and the shell. The first effect becomes especially prominent when the parameters of core and shell strongly differ from each other. The results obtained are useful for optimizing and tailoring the parameters of core/shell spinel ferrite magnetic nanoparticles for their use in various technological and biomedical applications.

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Magnetostatic properties and AC magnetic heating characteristics of (La,Sr)MnO3 nanoparticles with substitutions in manganese and lanthanum sublattices have been studied. The nanoparticles with average sizes in the range 25-38 nm were synthesized via sol-gel method. Fe substitution for Mn, as well as Sm substitution for La have been used in the experiment. It is shown that the increase in substitution level (for both Fe and Sm substitutions) results in lowering the Curie temperature TC and weakening heating efficiency under the action of AC magnetic field. The results demonstrate that the action of AC field causes effective heating of nanoparticles at temperatures lower than TC, while heating efficiency becomes strongly reduced at higher temperatures. It is proved experimentally that the substitutions in Mn sublattice result in more rapid changes of magnetic properties, as compared to the substitutions in La one. Thus, complex substitutions based on suitable combinations of substituting elements may serve as an efficient tool to "softly" tune the maximal temperature achieved during the AC magnetic field induced heating of nanoparticles, which is important for application of these materials as heat mediators for self-controlled magnetic nanohyperthermia.