Bright, Modular, and Switchable Near-Infrared II Emission from Compact Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Diradicaloid

Lauren E McNamara1, Jan-Niklas Boyn1, Christopher Melnychuk1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.

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