HUMBERT Bernard

Professeur des Universités

Fonctions actuelles / Currently

• Professor in Physical Chemistry at the Nantes University
• Director of the Chemistry Teaching Department (01/09/2022 ->01/12/2025)
• Expert at the French Ministry of National Education, “Mission Europe et International pour la Recherche”

Qualifications

• Professor in Physical Chemistry, PrCE1

Thèmes de recherche / Research Themes

• Vibrational spectrometry and chemical Reactivity at the interfaces.
• Raman scattering and Infrared Absorption spectroscopies.
• Optical Near Field and sub-wavelength electromagnetic exaltation.
• Vibrational properties of nanostructures.
• Optical instrumentation for the chemistry.…

Animation de la recherche / Research Community Activities - Teaching Responsibilities

• Co-supervisor of 22 thesis (20 defended), of 14 years of Post Docs
• Head Leader of the group PMN, Physics of Materials and Nanostructures (-> 31/12/2018)
• Committee Member of the GFSV “Groupe Francais des Spectroscopies de Vibration”
• Committee Member of the GDR “Plasmonique Moleculaire et Spectroscopie Exaltée”
• Vice Director of the UMR 7564 CNRS-Univ Nancy, « Laboratoire de Chimie et Microbiologie pour l’Environnement », Université Henri Poincaré – (Jan 2005 – Dec. 2008)
• Group leader of “Chimie et Spectro-Chimie des Interfaces” group (Jan 2002 – Dec 2008)
• Director of the educational department of the Physical Chemistry of the Henri Poincaré University (2004-2006)
• Member of 110 thesis and HDR juries.

Publications

As of 12/2025 :

• 150 publications in international peer reviewed journals (H-Factor : 46)
• Key Papers :
• Issraa Shahine, Jean-Yves Mevellec, Mireille Richard-Plouet, Bernard Humbert and Pierre-Yves Tessier. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 17223-17233, “Nanoporous Gold Stacked Layers as Substrates for SERS Detection in Liquids or Gases with Ultralow Detection Limits and Long-Term Stability.” doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05903
•  Sophie Camelio, et al., and Bernard Humbert *, Nanoscale Advances, (2021), “Linear chains of Ag nanoparticles embedded in dielectric films for SERS applications in analytical chemistry” DOI: 10.1039/d1na00586c
• Adrien Chauvin, et al., Bernard Humbert* and Pierre-Yves Tessier* and Abdelaziz El Mel, Nanoscale, (2020), 12, 12602 “Lamellar nanoporous gold thin films with tunable porosity for ultrasensitive SERS detection in liquid and gas phase” DOI: 10.1039/d0nr01721c
• Angelina D’Orlando, Jean-Yves Mevellec, Guy Louarn and Bernard Humbert . J. Phys. Chem. C (2020) 124, 4, 2705-2711 “AFM Nano-Manipulation by Confocal Raman Multiwavelength Spectroscopy: Application at the Monitoring of Resonance Profile Excitation Changes of Manipulated Carbon Nanotube”, doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10096
• Dominik J. Winterauer*, Daniel Funes-Hernando, Jean-Luc Duvail, Saïd Moussaoui, Tim Batten, and Bernard Humbert, Applied Spectroscopy (2019) vol 73, iss8, 902-909  » Sub-micron Spatial Resolution in Far-Field Raman Imaging Using Positivity-Constrained Super-Resolution » (DOI: 10.1177/0003702819832355)
• William Dudefoi, Hélène Terrisse, Mireille Richard-Plouet, Eric Gautron, Florin Popa, Bernard Humbert and Marie-Hélène Ropers*, Food Additives & Contaminants: part, (2017),  » Criteria to define a more relevant reference sample of titanium dioxide in the context of food: a multiscale approach » doi.:10.1080/19440049.2017.1284346
• Carteret, C.; Dandeu, A.; Moussaoui, S.; Muhr, H.; Humbert, B.; Plasari, E. Crystal Growth & Design (2009) 9(2), 807-812, “Polymorphism Studied by Lattice Phonon Raman Spectroscopy and Statistical Mixture Analysis Method. Application to Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs during Batch Crystallization.”
• M. Mullet, F. Demoisson, B. Humbert, D. Vantelon and L. Michot, Geochim. Cosmo. Chim. Acta 71, 3257-3271 (2007) “Aqueous Cr(VI) reduction by pyrite: speciation and characterisation of the solid phases by X-ray photoelectron, Raman and X-ray absorption spectroscopies. “
• E. Rinnert , C. Carteret, B. Humbert, et al. and L.J. Michot, J. Phys. Chem.B  109(49),  23745-23759 (2005). “Hydration of a synthetic clay with tetrahedral charges: a multidisciplinary experimental and numerical study“
• V. Mazet, C. Carteret, D. Brie, J. Idier and B. Humbert, Chemometric and intelligent laboratory systems, 76(2), 121-133 (2005) “Background removal from spectra by designing and minimising a non-quadratic cost function. “
• C. Eypert-Blaison, B. Humbert, L. Michot, M. Pelletier, E. Sauzeat and F. Villièras, Chem. Mater. 13 (12), 4439-4446 (2001).  “Structural Role of Hydration Water in Na- and H-Magadiite :A Spectroscopic Study”
• N. Phambu, B. Humbert and A. Burneau, Langmuir 16 (15), 6200-6207 (2000) “Relation between the infrared spectra and the lateral specific areas of gibbsite samples”
• ) J. Grausem, B. Humbert, M. Spajer, D. Courjon and A. Burneau., J. Raman Spectrosc. 30 (9), 833-840 (1999) « Near field Raman spectroscopy. »
• H. Wilhelm, B. Humbert, M. Lelaurain and E. McRae, J. Appl. Phys.84 (12), 6552-58 (1998) « Raman spectroscopic studies on well defined carbonaceous materials of strong 2D character. »
• 6 book chapters
• Since (1992) :
• 36 invited talks : 15 national and 21 international conferences,
• 100 oral conference presentations, 4 invited seminars,
• 6 (co)organisation of conferences.