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Solar photovoltaics in France (3rd edition) : reality, potential, and challenges

What is the current state of solar photovoltaic development in France ? What role could it play in the country’s future energy mix? This third edition of the Photovoltaic Solar Guide — enriched with numerous fact sheets and prepared by …

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The C2N 2024 activity report has just been published: another year of scientific, technological impact and innovation for the laboratory

In 2024, C2N continued its commitment to pursuing excellence in both fundamental and applied research, driven by a spirit of responsible innovation. Our work, at the intersection of multiple disciplines, addresses the major scientific, technological, and societal challenges of …

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C2N hosts the Renatech+ 2025 Lithography and Etching Days

The 2025 Renatech+ Lithography and Etching Days were held at C2N from June 17 to 19, bringing together over 60 participants from 21 technology centers and 8 industrial sponsors (DMO, ElectronMec, NanoSystemSolutions, Hummink QuantumDesign, Sentech, DKSH, and Scia).

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Generating reconfigurable entangled photonic states with a single quantum light source

A team from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), in collaboration with the company Quandela through the joint laboratory QDlight, has reached a major milestone in the generation of photonic quantum states. Our results demonstrate a deterministic and …

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“Communicate differently ..... at the speed of light”: C2N at the Double Science Festival to show you nanoscience as you've never seen it before !

Light, which travels at around 300,000 kilometers per second (3 × 10⁸ m/s), has become an invaluable tool for transmitting data at very high speeds. Thanks to optical fibers, it travels around the world and forms the heart of the …

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