Fig. 1: Schematic representation.

a Structure of azulene. b Structures of thiophosgene (left) and xanthione (right). c Structures of heterogeneous bisnanohoops SCPP[10,8] (left), SCPP[10,9] (middle) and homogeneous bisnanohoop SCPP[10] (right). d Anti-Kasha emission of azulene. e S2, S1 dual excited-state emissions of SCPPs bisnanohoops.