Lanthanide-Based Luminescent Hybrid Materials
The different types of lanthanide based hybrid materials and their advantages and disadvantages have been demonstrated. These hybrid materials have superior mechanical properties and have a better processability than the pure molecular lanthanide complexes and embedding a lanthanide complex in a hybrid matrix is also beneficial for its thermal stability and luminescence output. The first lanthanide doped sol-gel silica glasses samples were prepared by dissolving inorganic lanthanide salts like hydrated europium, chloride or europium nitrate in the solution. The incorporation of a lanthanide complex into an inorganic hybrid matrix significantly improves its thermal and (photo) chemical stability. The lanthanide-doped nanoparticle offers an alternative for the lanthanide β-dike-tonates.