(La1 - xSrx)MnO3 (- delta) (LSMO) thin films were prepared on Si(100) substrates using a metal-organic decomposition (MOD) technique for smart radiation devices used for thermal control in spacecraft. The 6 wt% concentration MOD precursor solutions were spin-coated on Si substrates. The coated films were dried at 90 degrees C and pyrolytically decomposed at 530 degrees C. Finally, they were annealed in air at 750 degrees C to obtain dense, polycrystalline, and singlephase perovskite LSMO films. A ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition was observed close to room temperature in a LSMO film. The thermal emittance of the film was changed as a result of this phase transition. The phase transition temperature increased with an increasing Sr ratio at the A-site of the LSMO and decreased after annealing under a reduced atmosphere. Based on this result, we propose that the temperature range where the thermal emittance is widely variable can be finely tuned on demand with post-annealing. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.