Lanthanum strontium manganite La0,67Sr0,33MnO3 which has a high spin polarization of the carriers has been used to create composite materials with different barrier materials - GeO2, Li4P2O7, C. The magnetoresistive properties of the synthesized ceramics at room temperature have been investigated. It has been found that the magnetoresistive isotropic negative values ​​for samples with germanium oxide at room temperature in a magnetic field of 18 kOe reach a value of 15%, with the barriers of lithium pyrophosphate - 16%. It has been determined that the samples which contain 10-85% graphite at a field of 15 kOe exhibit positive magnetoresistance reaching a value of 15% .

Keywords: lanthanum strontium manganite, composite material, ceramics, magnetoresistance, X-ray diffraction, microstructure, barrier layer, tunneling, percolation transition, spin polarization, the Seebeck effect

Ceramic materials based on solid solutions La2-xSrxMO4, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, x = 0, 2 with layered K2NiF4 structure (structure of Ruddlesden-Popper) have been synthesized and investigated. The correlation of dielectric properties with a normalized bond lengths of the metal-oxygen has been observed. The existence of nickel atoms in the 2+ oxidation state for nickelates has been shown.

Keywords: solid solutions, colossal dielectric constant, resistivity, x-ray diffraction, dielectric spectrum, XANES, low-resistivity semiconductors, the activation energy, the distortion of the coordination polyhedra, oxygen non-stoichiometry

Composites La0,67Sr0,33MnO3 (SiO2, Sb2O3) with different weight ratios have been synthesized. Their magnetoresistive and dielectric properties have been investigated. It has been established that in the frequency range from 10 to 106 Hz for SiO2 concentration of 10% the colossal magnitudes of the dielectric constant ( ~ 4 • 104) take place. The values of the negative isotropic magnetoresistance for samples with silica at room temperature is 8.6%, with abarriers of antimony oxide reaches 12%, which makes it possible to use such materials in spintronics.

Keywords: Magnetoresistance, colossal dielectric permittivity, glass composites, X-ray diffraction, spin polarization, barrier layers, tunneling, microstructure, dielectric spectrum, Maxwell-Wagner effect.