metal to metal charge transfer (MMCT) transition

An electronic transition of a bi- or poly-nuclear metal complex that corresponds to excitation populating an electronic state in which considerable electron transfer between two metal centres has occurred.
See also: intervalence charge transfer
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223 (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2254