A use of
luminescence quenching effects to enhance sensitivity. The strong depopulation of the fluorescing singlet
excited state by external heavy atom perturbers can lead to a large population of the phosphorescing triplet
excited state.
Source:
PAC, 1984, 56, 231
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-Part VI: molecular luminescence spectroscopy)
on page 235