American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Education, 5(89), p. 652-655, 2011
DOI: 10.1021/ed2001494
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A simple synthesis is proposed from inexpensive reactants of a copper(I) derivative that exhibits strong photoluminescence and, in the crystalline form, exhibits strong triboluminescence. This laboratory provides an opportunity for introducing students to the phenomenon of triboluminescence.