Lanthanide supramolecular chemistry is a fast growing and intriguing research field due to
the unique photophysical, magnetic, and coordination properties of lanthanide ions (LnIII) …

Bimetallic-metal organic frameworks (BiM-MOFs) or bimetallic organic frameworks represent
an innovative and promising class of porous materials, distinguished from traditional …

The design and synthesis of lanthanide clusters with novel topological connections and
desirable properties are attracting extensive attention. Researchers have obtained …

The principles of the design of responsive luminescent probes and sensors based on
lanthanide emission are summarised, based on a mechanistic understanding of their mode …

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an important class of inorganic-organic hybrid crystals
with applications in various fields. In last ten years, MOFs-based fluorescence sensing has …

Presently, phosphors and luminescent materials for lighting, telecommunications, displays,
security inks and marking, as well as for probes in biosciences represent one third of the …

Lanthanide-doped nanoconstructs (LDNCs) have been widely studied in the biomedical
field. Especially, LDNCs with near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence show great promise in …

The trivalent europium ion (Eu 3+) is well known for its strong luminescence in the red
spectral region, but this ion is also interesting from a theoretical point of view. Due to the …

The chemistry of the less familiar elements is a fascinating topic especially for the inorganic
minded. The lanthanides, or rare earths, comprise the 5d block of the periodic table and …

Optical nanomaterials (ONMs) have attracted significant attention of the global research
community owing to their several superior advantages. Some of the ONMs depict negligible …