https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00769
An aggregate of molecules, generally in the condensed phase, that surrounds the fragments formed, for example, by thermal or photochemical @[email protected] Because the cage hinders the separation of the fragments by @[email protected], they may preferentially react with one another ('@[email protected]') but not necessarily to reform the precursor species. For example:
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See:
geminate recombination