Srijoyee Datta, C2N Postdoctoral researcher, recognized for Her Photographic Work

Hors Sciences is a special feature dedicated to the talents of the laboratory’s members, revealing them through a lens other than research. Srijoyee Datta has been a postdoctoral researcher at the C2N since 2025. Her daily work is devoted to research, particularly on an optical resonator for nanobolometer devices. Yet behind the scientific rigor lies a woman with many perspectives. An amateur photographer and …

Extreme longitudinal thermal conductivity and non-diffusive heat transport in isotopic hBN

Researchers from C2N and collaborators at Neel lab., MPQ lab, L2C lab. and Kansas university report record thermal transport properties in isotopically purified hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a two-dimensional insulating material of major interest for thermal dissipation and thermal anisotropy. By combining microfabricated suspended devices with Raman thermometry (Fig a and b), the team demonstrates an in-plane thermal conductivity exceeding 1650 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹ at room temperature, among the highest values …