Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 32(10), p. 7561-7573, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05598j
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For anthracene dimers bridged by a sulfur atom, modulating the sulfur oxidation state profoundly affects excited state behavior. The SO2-bridge supports long-lived states and photodimerization, while the S-bridge undergoes intersystem crossing.