Paris-Saclay University is a combined technological research institute and public research university in Paris, France. Paris-Saclay was established in 2019 after the merger of four technical grandes écoles, as well as several technological institutes, engineering schools, and research facilities; giving it fifteen constituent colleges with over 48,000 students combined

Founded in 2016 Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (C2N) is a joint research unit between the French Research National Center (CNRS) and the Université Paris-Saclay. C2N has a word class technological facility mainly based in its clean room of 2 900 sqm. This is dedicated to micro and nanofabrication processes, to the growth, the epitaxy and the characterization of materials.