Abstract
Formaldehyde is a particularly interesting molecule for fundamental photophysical and photochemical studies. Its structure and spectroscopy have been thoroughly studied for the three lowest electronic states. It is small enough so that spectra are fully resolved and laser excitation sources can populate single excited states. The goal of the research described below is a detailed knowledge of the non-radiative transition rates, and of the intermediate and final states involved in predissociation. This knowledge would provide considerable qualitative insight into the nature of radiationless transition processes in small molecules and allow a severe quantitative test of theoretical treatments.
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Baronavski, A.P. et al. (1976). The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Formaldehyde. In: Mooradian, A., Jaeger, T., Stokseth, P. (eds) Tunable Lasers and Applications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37996-6_11
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