Preferred Label : non-vertical energy transfer;
IUPAC definition : Energy transfer process with a low Franck–Condon factor because the nuclear geometries
of the minima on the ground- and excited-state potential energy surfaces of the donor
or of the acceptor are strongly displaced.;
Scope note : a franck–condon transition is always vertical. thus, it is not strictly correct to
speak about non-vertical transition. however, the term implies that the projection
of all the vibrational wave functions of the donor state onto all the vibrational
functions of the acceptor will result in low franck–condon factors.;
Origin ID : N04207;
See also
Energy transfer process with a low Franck–Condon factor because the nuclear geometries
of the minima on the ground- and excited-state potential energy surfaces of the donor
or of the acceptor are strongly displaced.
