“…Among the different kinds of rare earth orthophosphates, gadolinium orthophosphate has been shown to be an efficient host lattice for activator ions, which have become a research focus because of their important role in the field of light display systems, lasers, and optoelectronic devices, and medical and biological labels [9,10]. A lot of effort has been devoted to the chemical synthesis of REPO 4 nano/microstructures, including hydrothermal, solvothermal, ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and coprecipitation [11][12][13][14][15]. By combining the magnetic property of the matrix (GdPO 4 ) and the fluorescence property of the doping ions (Eu 3 þ ), multifunctional particles can be tailored.…”