Kasha's rule

English

Etymology

Named after American spectroscopist Michael Kasha, who proposed it in 1950.

Proper noun

Kasha's rule

  1. A principle in the photochemistry of electronically excited molecules, stating that photon emission (fluorescence or phosphorescence) occurs in appreciable yield only from the lowest excited state of a given multiplicity.
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