The photophysical process that takes the shortest time to occur is A) light absorption B) internal conversion C) intersystem crossing D) fluorescence.
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This process is extremely fast, typically on the order of femtoseconds (10^{-15} seconds). Internal conversion is a non-radiative process where the molecule relaxes from an excited state to a lower energy state within the same spin multiplicity. This process Show more…
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