Two solutions are combined in a darkened room, producing luminescence that lasts for several seconds. Peroxides act as an oxidizing agent. The luminol is converted to an excited-state product. This ...

As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report in ACS’ journal Analytical Chemistry that ...

Qun Song, Mingming Ma, and their team at the University of Science and Technology of China created this rainbow of colors starting with just one common luminescent molecule, luminol. By adding ...

As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report that combining luminol with artemisinin, a ...