Quenching of singlets and triplets by reversible ionization followed by charge recombination.
The reversible electron transfer from donor to excited molecule (acceptor of electron) is shown to be the irreversible energy quenching, if it is completed by subsequent irreversible recombination radical-ions which are produced. The Stern-Volmer constant of fluorescence as well as the Markovian rate constant of triplet quenching are calculated analytically, assuming the electron transfer is contact. The multiple Rehm-Weller effect is shown to be peculiar to both constants.
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Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.