HUMBERT Bernard

Categories: PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER, TEAM PMN

University Professor

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

Research topics / 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” (Molecular Plasmonics and Exalted Spectroscopy)
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 minimizing 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. 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.