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X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements of polycrystalline and nanosize TbMnO 3 manganites have been performed. All the compounds studied crystallize in the orthorhombic crystal structure (space group Pnma) at room temperature. The nanosize manganites were synthesized with a sol-gel method at different (800 and 900°C) temperatures. The average size of synthesized nanoparticles (from 45 to 70 nm) was estimated by using the x-ray diffraction and low-temperature adsorption of argon methods. An information on the evolution of properties of TbMnO 3 with changing grain size, temperature and magnetic field was obtained. The crystal structure parameters of nanospecimens change slightly with changing the nanoparticle size. The peculiarities of magnetic ordering in polycrystalline and nanosize TbMnO 3 were compared. Magnetization and the Nèel temperature corresponding to antiferromagnetic ordering of the Tb 3+ sublattice decrease as the particle size is reduced. The inverse magnetic susceptibility of the nanoparticle samples deviates from the Curie-Weiss law below 50 K, that is connected with the magnetic ordering of the Mn 3+ moments.

Magnetic and transport thermal measurements of nanosize (La0.7Sr0.3)0.9Mn1.1O3 manganite are reported. The nanoparticles are synthesized with use of the co-precipitation method at different (800, 900, and 950°C) temperatures. Their crystal structure is determined to be perovskite-like with a rhombohedral distortion (the space group R3¯c). The phase composition and specific surface nanopowders are determined. The average size of synthesized nanoparticles (from 40to100nm) is estimated by both the method of low-temperature adsorption of argon and x-ray diffraction measurements. All the nanosize samples show ferromagnetic-like ordering with close phase transition temperatures. Their magnetization decreases with decreasing particle size. Comparison of experimental and calculated temperature dependences of the spontaneous magnetic moment shows that the spontaneous magnetization both in magnetic field and without field is well described in the framework of the double exchange model. The decrease of the magnetization with decreasing particle size is due to the increasing surface contribution to the magnetization. The magnetic entropy is shown to increase with increasing applied magnetic field and to be smaller for the small particles. The resistivity is found to become higher with decreasing particles size at any temperatures.

We report on the X-ray powder diffraction and magnetic measurements of the polycrystalline and the two nanocrystalline samples of DyMnO3 compound synthesized at temperatures of 800 and 850• C. All samples at room temperature crystallize in the orthorhombic crystal structure (space group P nma). The crystal structure parameters determined change only slightly with preparation methods but the average grains size of the nanoparticles determined from X-ray data increases significantly with increasing annealing temperature. Temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility indicates the antiferromagnetic order in Dy sublattice at low temperatures.

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