self-quenching

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05585
@Q05007@ of an excited atom or molecular entity by interaction with another atom or molecular entity of the same species in the @G02704@.
See also:
Stern–Volmer kinetic relationships
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2273 [Terms] [Paper]