Dr Jean-Sebastien Bouillard

Dr Jean-Sebastien Bouillard

Senior Lecturer in Physics and Nanotechnology

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Natural Sciences

Summary

Jean-Sebastien joined the University of Hull in 2014 and his research focuses on using nanophotonic and plasmonic systems to enhance and control light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, through a wide range of geometries, including nanogaps, periodically nanostructured metal films , metamaterials, plasmonic waveguides, novel nanoparticles architectures, as well as hybrid photonic-plasmonic geometries.

In addition to exploring the fundamental aspects of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, through close collaborations with computer sciences, chemistry, biomedical sciences, and environmental sciences, as well as direct industrial contacts, he focusses on applications of his research for enhanced optoelectronic and AI devices, novel biological systems, and environmental impact.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Improving the Efficiency of Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells through Plasmonic Enhancement within a Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Optical Spacer Layer

Ibrahem, M. A., Rasheed, B. G., Canimkurbey, B., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O’Neill, M. (2025). Improving the Efficiency of Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells through Plasmonic Enhancement within a Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Optical Spacer Layer. ACS Omega, 10(3), 2849-2857. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c08801

PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation

Naylor-Adamson, L., Price, T. W., Booth, Z., Leonard, S. V. L., Gallo, J., Tung, L. D., Harvell-Smith, S., Thi Kim Thanh, N., Aslam, Z., Allsup, D., Hondow, N., Chamberlain, T., Schneider, J. E., Naseem, K., Bouillard, J. S. G., Stasiuk, G. J., & Calaminus, S. D. (in press). PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tb01334d

Plasmons Enhancing Sub-Bandgap Photoconductivity in TiO<inf>2</inf> Nanoparticles Film

Ibrahem, M. A., Verrelli, E., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O’Neill, M. (2024). Plasmons Enhancing Sub-Bandgap Photoconductivity in TiO2 Nanoparticles Film. ACS Omega, 9(9), 10169–10176. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c06932

Impact of Surface Ligand on the Biocompatibility of InP/ZnS Quantum Dots with Platelets

Gil, H. M., Booth, Z., Price, T. W., Lee, J., Naylor‐Adamson, L., Avery, M., Muravitskaya, A., Hondow, N., Allsup, D., Schneider, J. E., Naseem, K., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., Chamberlain, T. W., Calaminus, S. D., & Stasiuk, G. J. (in press). Impact of Surface Ligand on the Biocompatibility of InP/ZnS Quantum Dots with Platelets. Small, Article 2304881. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304881

Research interests

Nanotechnology and nanophotonics for enhanced optoelectronic and AI devices, novel biological systems, and environmental impact.

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

James Leadbeatter - Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund

Funder

Institute of Physics

Grant

£38,000.00

Started

1 September 2024

Status

Ongoing

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Wolfson Equipment bid 2023 - Confocal Imaging ZEISS Elyra 7 with Lattice SIM²

Funder

Wolfson Foundation

Grant

£500,000.00

Started

1 October 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

POSEIDON 2019

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£473,535.00

Started

1 February 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Matrix Metalloproteinase Activated Multimodal 'Theranostic' Drug Delivery Imaging Agents For Thrombosis

Funder

MRC Medical Research Council

Grant

£220,267.00

Started

1 March 2020

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

PhD applications in areas overlapping with Jean-Sebastien's areas of focus are welcome.

Current PhD supervisions

- Sema Ebrahimi, Meta-antennas, Part funded University scholarship-University of Technology of Troyes (France), started February 2020, Dr. J-S. Bouillard (Primary Supervisor), Dr Ali Adawi (Second Supervisor), Prof. Pierre-Michel Adam (Primary Supervisor, UTT, France)

- Thomas Henry, Cutting edge optical spectroscopy for sensing particulate pollutants in aquatic systems, University scholarship, started October 2019, Dr. J-S. Bouillard (Primary Supervisor), Dr Ali Adawi (Second Supervisor), Prof. Daniel Parsons (Second Supervisor)

Past PhD supervision:

- Francesco Viscomi, Controlling light matter interactions at the nanoscale using plasmonic systems, Departmental studentship, started June 2015, Dr. J-S. Bouillard (Primary Supervisor) and Dr Ali Adawi (Second Supervisor)

- Charlotte Eling, Active nanoscale control of light matter interactions using chemical rulers for cancer diagnostics, University scholarship, started October 2015, Dr. J-S. Bouillard (Primary Supervisor), Graeme Stasiuk (Second Supervisor) and Dr Ali Adawi (Second Supervisor)

Conference organisation

Member of the Local Organising Committee for the 23rd Optical Wave & Waveguide Theory and Numerical Modelling - OWTNM 2015 (City University, London, 17-18 April 2015)

2014 - 2015

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

UK Meta Materials Nework

2021

Member of the UK Institute of Physics (IOP)

2018

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA)

2018

Photonics 21-A key enabling technology for Europe

2018

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