Preferred Label : phosphorescence;
IUPAC definition : From a phenomenological point of view, the term has been used to describe long-lived
luminescence. In mechanistic photochemistry, the term designates luminescence involving
change in spin multiplicity, typically from triplet to singlet or vice versa. The
luminescence from a quartet state to a doublet state is also phosphorescence.;
Origin ID : P04569;
See also
From a phenomenological point of view, the term has been used to describe long-lived
luminescence. In mechanistic photochemistry, the term designates luminescence involving
change in spin multiplicity, typically from triplet to singlet or vice versa. The
luminescence from a quartet state to a doublet state is also phosphorescence.
