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Photophysics, also referred to as Molecular Photophysics concerns the absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation that does not subsequently cause a chemical reaction.[1] The absorption of light by a system which thereby undergoes a chemical reaction is referred to as photochemistry. Aleksander Jabłoński is attributed with having pioneered molecular photophysics. The study of molecular photophysics has applications in fluorescent labeling, laser science and spectroscopy.

  1. ^ Guillet, J., "Polymer Photophysics and Photochemistry: An Introduction to the Study of Photoprocesses in Macromolecules", CUP Archive, 1987, p. 1