Magnetoelastic properties of La_{0.744}Ba_{0.186}MnO_3 single crystals have been studied. The basic magnetoelastic constants of the crystal have been estimated using the data of magnetostriction and magnetization measurements, which have been carried out in [010] and [110] crystallographic directions in a wide temperature range from 10 K to 150 K. The anomaly of the thermal expansion has been observed at about 185 K. Near this anomaly two almost degenerated phase transitions have been observed. One of these transitions may be related to the structural phase transition, while the second one to the occurrence of spontaneous strains. The magnetostriction of La_{0.744} Ba_{0.186}MnO_3 single crystal seems to arise due to the effect of applied field on the spontaneous strains.
Laboratory technology of GdMnO_{3} thin film fabrication was elaborated. Samples of GdMnO_{3} were fabricated at NdGaO_{3} substrate by magnetron sputtering using off-axis scheme. Structure and phase content of the samples obtained were studied as well as their magnetic properties. The surface topography of the films was observed by atomic force microscopy. Presence of peculiarities at the temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility points at magnetic phase transitions in GdMnO_{3}, which were found before in the single crystals. This fact jointly with X-ray data shows that at definite fabrication regimes one can obtain the multiferroics thin film GdMnO_{3} modification, and the film quality permits to carry out accurate study of the compound in question.
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