deactivation

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Any loss of energy by an excited molecular entity.
See:
emission
,
energy transfer (in photochemistry)
,
internal conversion
,
radiationless deactivation
,
radiationless transition
,
radiative transition
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2235 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'deactivation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01528 RIS BibTex EndNote
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