Multi-Stimuli-Responsive White Luminescent Materials Using Hybrid Lanthanide Metal-Coordinate Complex Probes

Combined lanthanide metal (Ln(III))—coordination complex fluorescence can provide a versatile molecular platform for design of white-light-emitting materials with advanced multistimuli-responsive properties. Red, green and blue light emitting Ln(III) complexes can be combined in solution or in a polymer complex to achieve white luminescent materials responsive to various external stimuli (e.g. solvent polarity, temperature, pH, anion competition and mechanical stimuli).