Recent progress in the lanthanide-complexes based luminescent hybrid materials

Lanthanide-based hybrid materials constructed by host–guest assembly strategy, displaying improved stability, better procesability and excellent luminescence performance simultaneously, have aroused much attention recently owing to their potential applications in various fields. This review mainly summarized some of the special luminescent hybrid materials using simpler and greener preparation strategy, including water-soluble hybrid materials, luminescent soft-hybrid materials based on ionic liquids, self-healing luminescent hybrid materials and luminescent hybrid materials based on bio-related materials. Particularly, this review discussed the deeper understanding of the influence on the luminescent behaviors exerted by some of inorganic matrices used to prepare the luminescent hybrid materials, and their potential applications in fields such as solar cells, LED, etc. Finally, the current challenges and future prospects in this regard be proposed.