Introduction to Photophysics
The following sections are included:
FROM ATOMS TO MOLECULES: THE FORMATION OF CHEMICAL BONDS
ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION AND DEACTIVATION OF MOLECULES
The Jablonski Diagram
The Excitation Coefficient: The Beer-Lambert Law
The Franck-Condon Principle
Deactivation from Singlet Excited States
Fluorescence Excitation Spectrum
Excitation-Emission Matrices
Deconvolution of Spectra
Deactivation of the First Singlet Excited State by Intersystem Crossing to the Triplet State
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD
Definition of the Fluorescence Quantum Yield
Sensitivity of Fluorescence to Environment
Impurity Quenching of Fluorescence: The Stern-Volmer Equation
QUENCHING OF THE FIRST EXCITED SINGLET STATE BY ENERGY TRANSFER
Energy Transfer Between Singlet States
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