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Excited atomic and molecular dimers (excimers) and complexes (exciplexes) are bound together by electronic excitation energy but are dissociated in the ground state. What follows is a review of current knowledge in the field.
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BIRKS, J. Excimers and Exciplexes. Nature 214, 1187–1190 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141187a0
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