•This article concerns problems related to chemiluminescence and briefly fluorescence, which will be discussed. It also gives a review of application of the chemiluminescent method in chemistry, biology and medicine, in the absence of 1anthanide ions and in their presence.PACS numbers: 78.60.PsIn this review the following important problems are covered: 1. Chemiluminescence (CL) as a phenomenon and a method of study. 2. The occurrence of CL in chemistry, biology and medicine (without the presence' of lanthanide ions, Ln(ΙIΙ)). 3. Importance of the lanthanide ions in the investigations discussed. 4. The role of the fluorescent method in the studies. 5. Our own studies on the applications of the CL method with Ln(ΙIΙ) ion as a spectroscopic probe.
Chemiluminescence as a phenomenon and a method of studyChemiluminescence [1-3], similarly as bioluminescence, is still a very interesting phenomenon and a modern spectroscopic method used mainly in chemistry, biology and medicine. The discussed method may be applied in investigation of many problems in these fields.Chemiluminescence is an ultra-weak emission of light generated as a result of chemical reaction. As CL is a complicated process, it can be, in general, divided into two steps: the first -the excitation stage connected with generation of excited molecule identical with the excited product, and the second -the luminescence stage at which the excited molecule is deactivated to its ground state emitting a quantum of radiation. The first stage is of chemical nature, while the second - (993)