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This chapter provides a general overview of photochemistry and photophysics, starting with photochemical processes in everyday life and the nature of light. Then, a discussion about formation of electronic excited states by light absorption is presented together with their deactivation processes. Both kinetic aspects and the efficiency of a single process are discussed. The most important take-home message is that electronically excited states are new chemical species with properties different from those of the ground state.
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Ceroni, P., Balzani, V. (2012). Excited-State Properties. In: Ceroni, P. (eds) The Exploration of Supramolecular Systems and Nanostructures by Photochemical Techniques. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2042-8_1
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