Dr. Manuel Houmard

Postdoc (October 2009 — August 2011)

Research Activities

Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering Scaffold, Calcium Phosphate, Sol-gel technology, Robocasting, Freezecasting, Coatings

Education

2005-2009    Ph.D. in ‘Materials, Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Electrochemistry’ of the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP) - France

2007            Visiting researcher in the Laboratory of Ceramic Materials (UFMG-Belo Horizonte) - Brazil

2004-2005    M.S. in ‘Materials Science’ (Grenoble-INP) - France

2002-2005    Engineer student at the Grenoble National Superior School of Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy (ENSEEG – Grenoble-INP) - France

Publications

M. Houmard, G. Berthomé, J.C. Joud, M. Langlet, Enhanced cleanability of super-hydrophilic TiO2–SiO2 composite surfaces prepared via a sol-gel route, Surface Science 605 (2011) 456 (DOI)

M. Messaoud, M. Houmard, S. Briche, F. Roussel, M. Langlet, Hydrophobic functionalization of cotton-based textile fabrics through a non-fluorinated sol-gel route, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 55 (2010) 243

M. Houmard, D.C.L. Vasconcelos, W.L. Vasconcelos, G. Berthomé, J.C. Joud, M. Langlet, Water and oil wettability of hybrid organic-inorganic titanate-silicate thin films deposited by a sol-gel route, Surface Science 603 (2009) 2698

 M. Houmard, D. Riassetto, F. Roussel, A. Bourgeois, G. Berthomé, J.C. Joud, M. Langlet, Enhanced persistence of natural super-hydrophilicity in TiO2–SiO2 composite thin films deposited via a sol–gel route, Surface Science 602 (2008) 3364

 S. Permpoon, M. Houmard, D. Riassetto, L. Rapenne, G. Berthomé, B. Baroux, J.C. Joud, M. Langlet, Natural and persistent superhydrophilicity of SiO2/TiO2 and TiO2/SiO2 bi-layer films, Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 957

 M. Houmard, D. Riassetto, F. Roussel, A. Bourgeois, G. Berthomé, J.C. Joud, M. Langlet, Morphology and natural wettability properties of sol–gel derived TiO2–SiO2 composite thin films, Applied Surface Science 254 (2007) 1405

M. Houmard, G. Berthomé, L. Boulangé, J.C. Joud, Surface physico-chemistry study of an austenitic stainless steel: Effect of simple cold rolling treatment on surface contamination, Corrosion Science 49 (2007) 2602