Provides a comprehensive description of photofunctional rare earth hybrid materials

Addresses both fundamental and application research

Discusses the potential applications in biological, environmental, and other relevant fields

Bing Yan obtained his doctorate from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He continued his research as a research assistant and postdoctoral fellow at the City University of Hong Kong, Peking University and the University of Sherbrooke from 1998 to 2001. Since November 2001, he has been a professor of chemistry at Tongji University, China. His current interests focus on rare earth chemistry and photofunctional materials, including rare earth inorganic/organic molecular luminescent hybrids; rare earth functional compounds and micro-nano solid materials; and rare earth crystal framework hybrid systems. As a corresponding author, he has published over 400 research papers in international journals.