Electrons return to lower energy states after excitation due to thermodynamic instability
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Electrons return from excited energy states to lower energy configurations driven by thermodynamic favorability and free energy minimization.
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Kinetics vs Thermodynamics: Engineering Photoredox Reactivity from an Upper Excited State of Fe<sup>II</sup>.
2026 · cited by 2
Paper [0] discusses how excited-state relaxation and ground-state recovery are governed by thermodynamic driving forces and Marcus-regime energetics.
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Electronic and Steric Tuning of Molecular Acidity toward Unified Models for Excited State Proton Transfer.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper [2] demonstrates that the thermodynamic driving force and free energy differences dictate the kinetics and pathways of excited-state relaxation processes.
Unraveling the photoredox chemistry of a molecular ruby.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper [7] analyzes the thermodynamic and kinetic properties governing the deactivation and electron transfer processes of metal complexes following light absorption.