title: Progress on lanthanide-based organic-inorganic hybrid phosphors.
abstract: Research on organic-inorganic hybrid materials containing trivalent lanthanide ions (Ln(3+)) is a very active field that has rapidly shifted in the last couple of years to the development of eco-friendly, versatile and multifunctional systems, stimulated by the challenging requirements of technological applications spanning domains as diverse as optics, environment, energy, and biomedicine. This tutorial review offers a general overview of the myriad of advanced Ln(3+)-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials recently synthesised, which may be viewed as a major innovation in areas of phosphors, lighting, integrated optics and optical telecommunications, solar cells, and biomedicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. lcarlos@ua.pt
authors.forename: Luís D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Carlos
authors.forename: Rute A S
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Zea Bermudez
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Julián-López
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escribano