A white-light-emitting LnMOF with color properties improved via Eu3+ doping: an alternative approach to a rational design for solid-state lighting

The intrinsic white-light-emitting properties of a lanthanide metal-organic framework that approach requirements for solid-state lighting are easily improved by incorporating minute quantities of red-emitting Eu(3+) into the host framework by virtue of the isostructural character of the La(3+) and Eu(3+) compounds and efficient sensitization of ligands toward Eu(3+) ions.