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A new series of mixed valence perovskites, La 0.75 K 0.25 AMnTiO 6 (A = Sr and Ba) nanocubes, have been synthesized by a mild hydrothermal route. From powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, the crystal structure of La 0.75 K 0.25 AMnTiO 6 was solved as the orthorhombic symmetry (space group Pbnm) with a random A-site or B-site arrangement. The phase purity of the products was confirmed by ICP, SEM, and EDS analyses, and the oxidation states of the B-site metal atoms were determined to be +4 for Ti and +3/+4 for Mn from XPS results. The soft ferromagnetic behavior is present in both samples. The Curie point T C has been detected as high as 309 K in La 0.75 K 0.25 SrMnTiO 6 and 217 K in La 0.75 K 0.25 BaMnTiO 6 . A Griffiths phase can be observed at the high temperature region, which is related to the magnetic inhomogeneity induced by the existence of short-range ferromagnetic clusters. The resistivity measurements indicate that the semiconducting properties of the samples can be depicted better by variable range hopping (VRH) due to a diluted double-exchange interaction of Mn 3+ -O-Mn 4+ with Ti 4+ doping.

La1-xMgxO1-2xF2xBiS2 (x = 0.1-0.35) were synthesized, and their superconductive properties were investigated. The superconducting transition temperature (Tc) increased below the codoping level (x ≤ 0.25). La1-xMgxOBiS2 (x = 0-0.2) and La1-xMgxO0.6F0.4BiS2 (x = 0.1-0.3) were further prepared to explore the effect of Mg(2+). We found that the introduction of Mg(2+) and F(-) leads to local structure distortion. Larger distortion is beneficial for superconductivity in LaOBiS2, which was further confirmed by the results in La1-xCaxO1-2xF2xBiS2 (x = 0.2, 0.3).