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The discovery of intermediate high-spin multiexciton states with surprisingly long lifetimes provides new opportunities for engineering singlet fission, which may also provide an intriguing route to quantum information and spintronic applications.

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Figure 1: Formation of high-spin states by singlet fission.

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Wasielewski, M. Dynamic duos. Nature Phys 13, 114–115 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3943

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