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What is Jablonski diagram?

Definition 7.11 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 7 — Electronic Spectroscopy and Photophysics

A Jablonski diagram shows the electronic states of a molecule (singlets S0,S1,S2,…S_0, S_1, S_2, \dots in one column, triplets T1,T2,…T_1, T_2, \dots in another), their vibrational levels, and the processes connecting them: radiative ones as straight arrows, radiationless ones as wavy arrows.

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