Article Title

Nanoplasmonic colloidal suspensions for the enhancement of the luminescent emission from single-walled carbon nanotubes

Authors

Mareen Glaeske, Department of Physics, Freie Universitt Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Antonio Setaro, Department of Physics, Freie Universitt Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Keywords

carbon nanotubes, luminescence enhancement, gold nanorods, nanoplasmonic colloids, hybrid structures

Abstract

ABSTRACT Aiming to enhance the luminescence yield of carbon nanotubes, we introduce a new class of hybrid nanoplasmonic colloidal systems (π-hybrids). Nanotubes dispersed in gold nanorod colloidal suspensions yield hybrid structures exhibiting enhanced luminescence up to a factor of 20. The novelty of the proposed enhancement mechanism relies on including metal proximity effects in addition to its localized surface plasmons. This simple, robust and flexible technique enhances the luminescence of nanotubes with chiralities whose enhancement has never reported before, for example the (8,4) tube.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0335-5

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Mareen Glaeske,Antonio Setaro, Nanoplasmonic colloidal suspensions for the enhancement of the luminescent emission from single-walled carbon nanotubes. NanoRes.2013, 6(7): 593–601