The role of the hybridization between Mn 3d and O 2p orbitals in the existence of the Griffiths phase in La0.85Ca0.15MnO3.

Favourable conditions for the existence of the Griffiths phase in the La0.85Ca0.15MnO3 compound are experimentally investigated in terms of electronic and lattice structure by temperature-dependent x-ray absorption spectroscopy, valence band photoemission spectroscopy, and x-ray diffraction experiments.