The concept of biomineralization implies control of crystallization in terms of phase and orientation through interactions with organic macromolecules. This is of particular interest for the synthesis of biomimetic materials. If one strives to mimic the enormous structure-directing power of biomineralization in materials science, an artificial organic interface is needed. For example, functiona...

The robust gallium carboxylate Ga(OH)(btec)·0.5H2O (MIL-61) is selected as a parent MOF to prepare Ln-MIL-61 by PSM. This work investigates the luminescence of Ln-doped MIL-61 (Ln = Eu3+, Tb3+, Sm3+, Dy3+) in the visible light region. Upon 314 nm excitation, the emission spectra of Eu-MIL-61, Tb-MIL-61 and Eu/Tb-MIL-61 all exhibit their respective strong sharp emission bands. However, Sm-MIL-61...