Chemiluminescence Abbreviated
Light Sticks -- the same reaction provides the energy
Engineering the Light Stick:
Energy Profile - Light Stick Dye (Ground State) Ea + H 2 O CO 2 Dye* (Excited State) Ea Heat of Reaction Is Exothermic (∆H) < 0 Excited State of Dye* Returns to Ground State And Emits Light Photon
Energy Profile - Light Stick Dye (Ground State) Ea + H 2 O CO 2 Dye* (Excited State) Ea Heat of Reaction Is Exothermic (∆H) < 0 Excited State of Dye* Returns to Ground State And Emits Light Photon
Light Sticks -- Different dyes are used to get different colors of light Green Blue
Green Fluorescent Dye: 9,10-Bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene
Blue Fluorescent Dye: 9,10-Diphenylanthracene
Firefly Luciferin
Firefly Oxyluciferin