News

image not available

Topological acoustics at the nanoscale

Nanometric semiconductor structures have been used to confine ultrahigh frequency sound by exploiting their topological properties. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the field of topological matter. A key result was the demonstration that topology can be …

Read more...
image not available

Taking a step towards intelligent miniature chips

CNRS Press Release − April 18, 2018 Researchers from the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales and the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies - C2N (CNRS/Université Paris-Sud), in collaboration with Japanese scientists, have developed a new type of sensory …

Read more...
image not available

Intrinsic Properties of Suspended MoS2 on SiO2/Si Pillar Arrays for Nanomechanics and Optics

Since a few years, it is possible to isolate sheets with thickness of an atom and width of dozens of micrometers. It is possible to proceed with metallic, insulating, or semi-conductors materials and to assemble them in various heterostructures. One …

Read more...
image not available

Silicon light-emitting diodes : spin-dependent efficient emission

Physicists from the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, and the University of Cambridge have demonstrated efficient silicon light-emitting diodes using an original manufacturing method. The device is very simple and provides a luminescence …

Read more...
image not available

Quandela: ultrabright single photon sources

This article was first published in the CNRS – La lettre Innovation in March 2018, under « Start-up ». Based on a lithography technique developed at the Centre de nanosciences et de nanotechnologies, Quandela manufactures and delivers …

Read more...