Low temperature activator systems and methods for chemiluminescent reactions

Abstract

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a chemiluminescent system, including: an activator system, including: (a) at least one first solvent, (b) at least one peroxide, (c) at least one catalyst, (d) at least one second solvent, where the at least one second solvent is selected from the group consisting of: tert-butanol, 3-methyl-3-pentanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, ethyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate, methyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol dibutyl ether, propylene glycol dimethyl ether, and a combination thereof; where a combination of the at least one first solvent and the at least one second solvent is present in a sufficient amount in the chemiluminescent system so as to result in the chemiluminescent system producing a light having an illuminescence between 0.1 lx and 35,000 lx at a temperature ranging from −110 degrees Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A chemiluminescent system, comprising:
 an activator system, comprising:
 (a) at least one first solvent,
 wherein the at least one first solvent is selected from the group consisting of: trialkyl citrates, dialkyl phthalates, glycols, glycol ethers, and a combination thereof, 
 
 (b) at least one peroxide, 
 (c) at least one catalyst, 
 (d) at least one second solvent,
 wherein the at least one second solvent is selected from the group consisting of: tert-butanol, 3-methyl-3-pentanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, ethyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate, methyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol dibutyl ether, propylene glycol dimethyl ether, and a combination thereof; 
 
   wherein the at least one first solvent is present in a first amount ranging from 15 and 95 percent by weight based on a total weight of the activator system;   wherein the at least one second solvent is present in a second amount ranging from 5 and 85 percent by weight based on the total weight of the activator system; and   wherein a combination of the at least one first solvent and the at least one second solvent is present in a sufficient amount in the chemiluminescent system so as to result in the chemiluminescent system, at a temperature ranging from −110 degrees Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius, producing a light having an illuminescence between 0.1 lx and 35,000 lx.