Riccardo Comin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

2025 Experimental Physics Investigator

Riccardo Comin, Ph.D.
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Research Description

Riccardo Comin investigates magnetoelectric multiferroics by engineering interfaces between two-dimensional materials and three-dimensional oxide thin films. His research aims to overcome longstanding limitations in spin-charge coupling by moving beyond epitaxial constraints, enabling new interfacial phases and coupling mechanisms. In these systems, Comin’s team explores the coexistence and proximity of magnetic and ferroelectric order, with a focus on achieving strong magnetoelectric coupling. This approach opens new pathways for designing tunable multiferroic systems unconstrained by traditional synthesis methods.

Research Impact

Professor Comin’s research expands the frontier of multiferroics by demonstrating stacking-controlled magnetoelectric coupling at 2D–3D interfaces. This approach enables exploration of fundamental physics in a versatile materials platform and opens new possibilities for spintronics, sensing, and data storage. By removing constraints of epitaxial growth, Comin’s work lays the foundation for microelectronic and spintronic devices with novel functionalities driven by interfacial control of spin and polarization.

 
 

related links

Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics Back

Education

Ph.D., University of British Columbia: Vancouver
B.S., Università degli Studi di Trieste

Affiliated Investigators