Oscillating chemiluminescence systems: state of the art

Abstract

Oscillating chemiluminescence (CL) was reported for the first time about 30 years ago. Since then several systems based on addition of a chemiluminescent reagent to a known oscillator system or based on the light emitting features of one component of the oscillating system, have been described. This information, scattered in the scientific literature, is compiled in the present paper. Several oscillating CL systems, including those based on Belousov-Zhabotinskii and Orban oscillators, or horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed reactions, among others, are critically presented. The application of this type of oscillatory systems is also discussed, in analytical chemistry and for educational purposes.

Large enhancement of oscillating chemiluminescence with [Ru(bpy)3]2+‐catalyzed Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in the presence of tri‐n‐propylamine

“…1 (inset). This is probably due to a decrease in the concentration of Br 2 , which was formed during the oscillating procedure and could quench * [Ru(bpy) 3 ] 2+ luminescence (11,12).…”

“…However, this phenomenon was not observed in our experiments. The results indicated that the influence of oxygen on this system is not completely explained by reactions (11) and (12). In this case, reactions (11) and (12) could compete with reactions (9) and (10).…”

“…Oscillating chemical systems have been the focus of much research over recent decades in far from equilibrium complex systems (1,2) and biological systems (3,4). Several methods have been applied to the investigation of oscillating reactions, such as pH metry (5)(6)(7), potentiometry (8,9) and chemiluminescence (CL) (10,11). Oscillating CL was first reported 30 years ago (12).…”

Cupric oxide nanoparticles‐enhanced chemiluminescence method for measurement of β‐lactam antibiotics

“…Eliciting electromagnetic radiation from a chemical reaction without using any external excitation source, such as light, sound, heating or even mechanical force, is called chemiluminescence (CL) . CL reactions have found a myriad of analytical applications in various fields including clinical , pharmaceutical , environmental and food .…”

Autonomous Chemical Oscillator Circuit Based on Bidirectional Chemical‐Microfluidic Coupling

“…Chemical oscillations have been first observed by Belousov and Zhabotinsky in the form of chemical oscillation reactions in the 1950s and are an ongoing topic of scientific investigations . Yoshida et al showed that it is possible to integrate the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction into a pH‐sensitive hydrogel with volume phase transition behavior and thus to couple its expansion and contraction to a chemical reaction system that shows pH oscillations .…”