ionization phenomena...an electron is ejected, leaving behind a positive molecular ion. The minimum energy required for this process is called the ionization potential (IP). The actual energetics are described by the Franck–Condon principle, which simply recognizes that, during the extremely short time of an electronic transition, the nuclear configuration of a molecule experiences no significant change. As...
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