Optimization of the nanoplasmonic hybridization process for the enhancement of the optical response of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Here we present our results on the optimization of a nanometallic-carbon nanotubes plasmonic hybridization process to enhance the photoluminescence quantum yield of single walled carbon nanotubes. Swelling the micelles containing the hybrids through an organic solvent improves the matching between the hybrids constituents; the optimized hybrids exhibit enhancement of the emitted photoluminescence without affecting the physical mechanisms involved in the exciton-plasmon coupling process.