Figure 2: Spin structure analyses of the bulk and nanosized LCO.

(a) The temperature dependence inverse susceptibilities for all the LCO samples. The dotted lines are the fitting results by a Curie–Weiss law. (b) The corresponding eg filling. (c,d) Representative EELS spectra of the 80 nm LCO at Co L-edge and O K-edge, respectively. The inset corresponds to the representative position of EELS acquisition. Scale bar, 50 nm.