deactivation
Any loss of energy by an excited molecular entity.
See:
emission
,
energy transfer
,
internal conversion
,
radiationless deactivation (decay)
,
radiationless transition
,
radiative transition
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2235