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Both\n                    <jats:italic>Anti<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB and\n                    <jats:italic>Syn<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB, which have different Py-stacking configurations, form excimers, which then relax to the correlated triplet pair ((T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    )) state, indicating the occurrence of SF. Unlike previous studies where the excimer formation inhibited an SF process, the (T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    )\u2019s of\n                    <jats:italic>Anti<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB and\n                    <jats:italic>Syn<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB are formed through the excimer state. The dissociation of (T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    )\u2019s to 2T\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    in\n                    <jats:italic>Anti<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB is more favorable than in\n                    <jats:italic>Syn<\/jats:italic>\n                    -DPyB. 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