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radiationless deactivation (decay)
The loss of electronic excitation energy without photon emission or chemical change.
See: energy transfer, internal conversion, intersystem crossing
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223 (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2269
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by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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