This paper concerns with the synthesis and the luminescence spectra of lanthanide complexes of Eu(III) and/or Eu(II) or Tb(III) ions which are embedded into fibrous palygorskite and sepiolite clays in which the magnesium ion are ion exchanged with lanthanide ions. The He-Cd laser excitation photoluminescence of the present complexes without organic ligands exhibit the deferration effects. The phosphors with light harvesting ligands such as benzophenone derivatives and 1,10-phenanthroline give the fairly strong visible luminescence by UV-A light excitation with a LED black light in a light room under fluorescent lamps. Further, the temperature dependent phosphors with benzophenone derivatives exhibit the stronger luminescence with increasing the temperature over 100 oC.
Keywords: Eu(III), Eu(II), Tb(III) complexes, Inorganic-organic composite, Fibrous clays, Luminescence spectra.