Sept. 25, 2025
A new AI memory capable of learning and deciding on-chip
A French team led by CEA-Leti, with participation from C2N and several other laboratories*, has developed a hybrid memory technology that allows artificial neural networks …
Sept. 25, 2025
A new AI memory capable of learning and deciding on-chip
A French team led by CEA-Leti, with participation from C2N and several other laboratories*, has developed a hybrid memory technology that allows artificial neural networks …
July 17, 2025
Critical coupling in plasmonic chain for efficient energy trapping
Plasmonic nanoparticles can concentrate electromagnetic energy on the nanometer scale, offering promising applications in diverse fields such as miniaturized photonic circuits or lab-on-chip. An essential …
Oct. 5, 2025
Nov. 13, 2025
The French team of the "UltiMatePV" project, notably including Stéphane Collin and Amaury Delamarre for C2N, Jean-François Guillemoles and Daniel Suchet for the UMR IPVF, …
Nov. 13, 2025
Optics in the City of Light: C2N proud to host tomorrow’s scientific talents
The C2N is very proud to have been one of the host laboratories for the program Optics in the City of Light – Research Experience …
July 22, 2025
Nov. 20, 2025
C2N and the University of Chile in Santiago collaborate within the international Poseidon project.
The C2N and the University of Chile in Santiago are working together through an International collaboration called Poseidon, an International Emerging Action project (IEA – …
Nov. 11, 2025
Second quantum revolution : inaugural lecture by Pascale Senellart at the Collège de France
Pascale Senellart, Research Director at CNRS at C2N, is the guest of the Liliane Bettencourt Chair of Technological Innovation at the Collège de France for …
Oct. 23, 2025
Photovoltaics explained in a comic
To make science accessible to everyone, this comic explains how solar panels work and the challenges of photovoltaics through a clear, colorful, and playful narrative. …
Nov. 8, 2025
Research
The centre develops research in the fields of material science, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanobiotechnologies and microsystems, as well as in nanotechnologies. Its research activites cover all the range from fondamental to applied science.
The scientific project revolves around 10 major scientific challenges which are common to the 4 departments and federate research within the laboratory.
Jobs
Each year, researchers, engineers and technicians from around the world apply for CNRS or Paris-Saclay University positions to carry out their activity at C2N.
A number of internship, PhD position and Post-doc opportunities are also open at C2N.
Facility
The C2N gathers 3 plateforms into the Technology Facility and 3 platforms of expertise in instrumentation and characterization (optical and multiphysics).
The C2N Technology Facility belongs to the national nanofabrication network (Renatech network).
Dec. 12, 2025 - 10 a.m.
(in french) Empreinte carbone du C2N : du calcul à l’action
Le bilan carbone du C2N consolidé sur les données 2022, et provisoire pour les données 2023, et 2024 a été établi entre mars et juillet …
Oct. 2, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Shaping tungsten dichalcogenides properties by chemical vapor deposition of alloys and polytypes
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) present varied optical and electronic properties associated with their different crystal structures. We optimize here the chemical vapor deposition …
Oct. 30, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Wigner functions of Quantum Light emitted by Quantum Dot Sources
Semiconductor quantum dots have emerged as excellent single-photon sources for optical quantum technologies. When inserted in an optical cavity, they have been shown to deterministically …
Nov. 18, 2025 - 10 a.m.
Coherent acoustic phonons in nanostructures: transduction, transport, and tunability
Coherent acoustic phonons are collective lattice vibrations with a well-defined phase. Their ability to couple with various excitations makes them attractive for interfacing different solid-state …
June 3, 2025 - 2:15 p.m.
(in french) Modèles multiphysiques non-linéaires de résonateurs à haut facteur de qualité : Applications à l’optimisation d’oscillateurs, de capteurs et de récupérateurs d’énergie
Les systèmes embarqués, en particulier dans le contexte de l’internet des objets (IoT), requièrent l’utilisation massive de résonateurs pour nombre de leurs fonctions internes: capteurs …
Oct. 24, 2025 - 2 p.m.
Nanosecond laser ultra-doping : towards an all-silicon superconducting electronics
Nanosecond laser annealing is a powerful technique to achieve extremely high doping levels in box-like, monocrystalline, epitaxial layers, with excellent activation levels and few crystalline …