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Application of the energy gap law to nonradiative, excited-state decay
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTApplication of the energy gap law to nonradiative, excited-state decayJonathan V. Caspar and Thomas J. MeyerCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1983, 87, 6, 952–957Publication Date (Print):March 1, 1983Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 March 1983https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100229a010https://doi.org/10.1021/j100229a010research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views5869Altmetric-Citations814LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts
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Metadata
- Authors
- Caspar, J. V., & Meyer, T. J.
- ORCID
- Meyer, Thomas J.
- Venue
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1983-03
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 952-957
- ISSN
- 0022-3654 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-5740
- OpenAlex
- W2036240062
- Cited by
- 1,004
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- FWCI
- 2.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Keywords
- energy gap law, nonradiative decay, excited-state relaxation, fluorescence quenching, excited state lifetime, fluorescence resonance energy transfer
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