The photoluminescence properties of rare-earth (lanthanide) compounds have been
fascinating researchers for decades. 1-14 An attractive feature of luminescent lanthanide …

This article provides an overview of current research into the synthesis and properties of
gold nanorods. Interest in rod-shaped nanoparticles stems from their unique optical …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

Luminescent ratiometric thermometers combining high spatial and temporal resolution at the
micro-and nanoscale, where the conventional methods are ineffective, have emerged over …

Interest in lanthanide‐containing organic–inorganic hybrids has grown considerably during
the last decade, with the concomitant fabrication of materials with tunable attributes offering …

This review surveys the work developed in the field of functional hybrid materials, especially
those containing conducting organic polymers (COPs), in combination with a variety of …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes molecular, near infrared (NIR)-emitting
compounds containing Nd III, Er III, or Yb III and discrete molecular edifices containing other …

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) with high performances depend on not only the
luminescent materials, but their dispersed polymer matrixes. However, carbon dots (CDs) …

Research into lanthanide-doped organic–inorganic hybrid materials emerged in the 1990s
with the development of interesting materials for optics: high efficiency and stable solid-state …

Room‐temperature white light emission can be obtained from a family of europium‐
containing hybrid materials called di‐ureasils—organically modified silicates in which …