“…Iron-and samarium-substituted manganite nanoparticles, La 0.77 Sr 0.23 Mn 1−x Fe x O 3 with x F e = 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, and La 0.7−x Sm x Sr 0.3 MnO 3 with x Sm = 0, 0.01, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, respectively, were synthesized via solgel method [17,18]. Water-soluble salts La(NO 3 ) 3 , Sm(NO 3 ) 3 , Sr(NO 3 ) 2 , Mn(NO 3 ) 2 and Fe(NO 3 ) 3 were used as starting reagents.…”