“…Numerous reports exist on the fluorescence studies of lanthanide doped orthovanadates such as YVO 4 , and other double or triple orthovanadates such as Na 3 Y(VO 4 ) 2 , KZnLa(VO 4 ) 2 , KCaY(VO 4 ) 2 , EuNa 2 Mg 2 (VO 4 ) 3 , Bi x Y y Eu 1-x-y Na 2 Mg 2 (VO 4 ) 3 , and NaCaLa(VO 4 ) 2 doped with spectroscopically active lanthanide ions under NUV (near-ultraviolet), UV, or NIR excitation [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. In particular, vanadates such as K 3 Y(VO 4 ) 2 , having a trigonal structure type (space group Wϯ ŵϭ) based on the mineral glaserite, K 3 Na(SO 4 ) 2 , would be of interest due to the high symmetry of the metal sites.…”