During his PhD and previous postdoc, Dr. Longo studied the chemical-physical interactions between an exotic phase of matter known as “topological insulator” and ferromagnetic materials, with the aim to produce efficient spintronic devices for memory storage and logic applications. In MULFOX, Dr .Longo studies the detection, and characterization of orbital currents in early transition metals metallic oxides, activity which lies in the framework of the so-called “spinorbitronics”. The possibility to use light materials and their exceptional transport properties make the orbital currents very promising to be exploited in the future micro- and nano- electronic devices.
