Term: enhancer
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02122

Definition:
A fluorescent compound which accepts energy and thus enhances or promotes the emission from a sample containing a chemically or enzymatically generated excited molecular entity.

Related Terms:
1) dark photochemistry (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01517).

Source: PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2240 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223)

Citation: 'enhancer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02122

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