Technology
Chemiluminescence
Chemiluminescence describes the emission of
light that occurs as a
result of certain chemical reactions. Such reactions may involve the
release of large amounts of energy, which is dissipated in the form of
photons when electronically excited molecules, produced as a result of
the reaction, relax to a stable ground state. Unlike fluorescence,
where light is required to produce electronically excited states,
chemiluminescence can be measured against a background that is
virtually zero. The high signal/noise ratio that results from this
makes chemiluminescence one of the most sensitive end-point detection
systems. The acridinium ester labels used in the chemiluminescence
detection system are stable compounds which can be
oxidised under alkaline conditions with high quantum light yields.
In addition to its use in Invitron products, the chemiluminescence technology has been licensed by some of the largest global diagnostics companies and today forms the basis of a wide range of analytical test products throughout the world.
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