Preferred Label : photosensitization;
IUPAC definition : The process by which a photochemical or photophysical alteration occurs in one molecular
entity as a result of initial absorption of radiation by another molecular entity
called a photosensitizer. In mechanistic photochemistry the term is limited to cases
in which the photosensitizer is not consumed in the reaction.;
Origin ID : P04652;
See also
- See also inter- (CISMeF)
The process by which a photochemical or photophysical alteration occurs in one molecular
entity as a result of initial absorption of radiation by another molecular entity
called a photosensitizer. In mechanistic photochemistry the term is limited to cases
in which the photosensitizer is not consumed in the reaction.
