Direct observation of charge order and orbital glass state in   multiferroic LuFe2O4
  Geometrical frustration of the Fe ions in LuFe2O4 leads to intricate charge and magnetic order and a strong magnetoelectric coupling. Using resonant x-ray diffraction at the Fe K edge, the anomalous scattering factors of both Fe sites are deduced from the (h/3 k/3 l/2) reflections. The chemical shift between the two types of Fe ions equals 4.0(1) eV corresponding to full charge separation into Fe2+ and Fe3+. Polarization and azimuthal angle dependence of the superlattice reflections demonstrates the absence of anisotropic scattering revealing random orientations of the Fe2+ orbitals characteristic of an orbital glass state. 
A.M. Mulders, S.M. Lawrence, U. Staub, M. Garcia-Fernandez, V.   Scagnoli, C. Mazzoli, E. Pomjakushina, K. Conder, Y. Wang