“…The family of organotrialkoxysilanes RSi(OR′) 3 represents a class of versatile building blocks toward designing silicon‐based hybrid organic–inorganic materials (termed “ormosils”) . They afford in situ incorporation of a broad range of organic materials (e.g., fluorescence dyes or surface active agent), biomaterials (e.g., enzyme or cells), and inorganic dopants (i.e., lanthanide elements) into matrix (i.e., glasses, gels) via sol–gel process . This ability allows us to tailor host–guest interactions, critical for a variety of applications including biomedical and chemical sensors, biological embedding and conservation materials, porous supports and catalysts, antiscratch coatings, and optical devices …”