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Incorporation of ligands containing substituted naphthalene cores into coordination cages results in extensive aromatic pi-stacking between ligands; this results in a red-shifted 'excimer-like' luminescence component from the naphthyl groups compared to the free ligands, which is diagnostic of, and can be used to monitor, cage assembly.
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Al‐Rasbi et al. (2006) studied this question.
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