Thermochemiluminescent peroxide crystals

Chemiluminescence is known in solution, but has remained undetected in macroscopic crystalline solids so far. Here the authors demonstrate direct transduction of heat into light by thermochemiluminescence in a centimeter-size lophine hydroperoxide crystal.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stefan Schramm, Durga Prasad Karothu, Nathan M. Lui, Patrick Commins, Ejaz Ahmed, Luca Catalano, Liang Li, James Weston, Taro Moriwaki, Kyril M. Solntsev, Panče Naumov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08816-8