Stars and Stripes in Manganese Oxide

OCT 01, 1996

Charge ordering in a ${La}_{0.33} {Ca}_{0.67} {MnO}_{3}$ lattice can be seen as regularly spaced stripes in this low‐temperature high‐resolution (0.5‐nm) electron micrograph made by Cheng Hsuan Chen and Sang‐Wook Cheong of Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. In the strategically placed inset at the upper left, charge ordering is evidenced by the smallest stars in the electron diffraction pattern.

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