@article{ISI:000241464700002,
 abstract = {Many transition metal oxide materials of high chemical purity are not
necessarily monophasic. Thus, single crystals of chemically pure rate
earth manganites and cobaltates of the general formula Ln(1-x)AxMO(3)
(Ln = rare earth metal, A = alkaline earth metal, M = Mn, Co) exhibit
the phenomenon of electronic phase separation wherein ``phases″ of
different electronic and magnetic properties coexist. Such phase
separation, the length scale of which can vary anywhere between a few
nanometers to microns, gives distinct signatures in X-ray and neutron
diffraction patterns, electrical and magnetic properties, as well as in
NMR and other spectroscopies. While the probe one employs to investigate
electronic phase separation depends on the length scale, it is
noteworthy that direct imaging of the inhomogeneities has been
accomplished. Some understanding of this phenomenon has been possible on
the basis of some of the theoretical models, but we are far from
unraveling the varied aspects of this new phenomenon. Herein, we present
the highlights of experimental techniques and theoretical approaches,
and comment on the future outlook for this fascinating phenonemon.},
 author = {Shenoy, Vijay B. and Sarma, D. D. and Rao, C. N. R.},
 doi = {10.1002/cphc.200600188},
 eissn = {1439-7641},
 issn = {1439-4235},
 journal = {CHEMPHYSCHEM},
 month = {OCT 13},
 number = {10},
 orcid-numbers = {Rao, C.N.R./0000-0003-4088-0615
Sarma, D. D./0000-0001-6433-1069},
 pages = {2053-2059},
 researcherid-numbers = {Rao, C.N.R./B-1569-2009
Sarma, D. D./B-2576-2010},
 times-cited = {56},
 title = {Electronic phase separation in correlated oxides: The phenomenon, its
present status and future prospects},
 unique-id = {ISI:000241464700002},
 volume = {7},
 year = {2006}
}