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EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER IN SYSTEMS OF MANY MOLECULES
Author(s) -
Cellarius Richard A.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1967.tb08793.x
Subject(s) - excitation , delocalized electron , energy transfer , molecule , range (aeronautics) , chemical physics , transfer (computing) , atomic physics , chemistry , photochemistry , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , computer science , parallel computing , composite material
— Förster's theory of energy transfer in condensed systems is re‐examined in the light of recent criticisms. It is concluded that his approach is correct and holds for a wide range of donor and quencher concentrations as long as there is no transfer among donor molecules. In contrast, the modified result of Tweet, Bellamy and Gaines, holds only for complete delocalization of the excitation among the donor molecules.