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We present here magnetization, specific heat and Raman studies on single-crystalline specimens of the first pyrochlore member $Sm_2Ti_2O_7$ of the rare-earth titanate series. Its analogous compound $Sm_2Zr_2O_7$ in the rare-earth zirconate series is also investigated in the polycrystalline form. The Sm spins in $Sm_2Ti_2O_7$ remain unordered down to at least T = 0.5 K. The absence of magnetic ordering is attributed to very small values of exchange ($theta_{cw} ~ -0.26 K$) and dipolar interaction ($mu_{eff} ~ 0.15 mu_B$) between the $Sm^{3+}$ spins in this pyrochlore. In contrast, the pyrochlore $Sm_2Zr_2O_7$ is characterized by a relatively large value of Sm-Sm spin exchange ($theta_{cw} ~ - 10 K$); however, long-range ordering of the $Sm^{3+}$ spins is not established at least down to T = 0.67 K, due to frustration of the $Sm^{3+}$ spins on the pyrochlore lattice. The ground state of $Sm^{3+}$ ions in both pyrochlores is a well-isolated Kramers doublet. The higher-lying crystal field excitations are observed in the low-frequency region of the Raman spectra of the two compounds recorded at T = 10 K. At higher temperatures, the magnetic susceptibility of $Sm_2Ti_2O_7$ shows a broad maximum at T = 140 K while that of $Sm_2Zr_2O_7$ changes monotonically. Whereas $Sm_2Ti_2O_7$ is a promising candidate for investigating spin-fluctuations on a frustrated lattice as indicated by our data, the properties of $Sm_2Zr_2O_7$ seem to conform to a conventional scenario where geometrical frustration of the spin exclude their long-range ordering.
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