“…Recently fluorescent ionic liquids (FILs) have received great attention due to their wide applicability in sensor techniques. Many reports have been exploring synthesis and studies of FILs, for instance, benzobis(imidazolium) ILs, Europium based luminescent ILs, dicyanamide based ILs confined into mesoporous silica gel, dendrimers based photoluminescent hydrophobic Brønsted acidic and basic ILs, gold and silver based luminescent ILs, imidazolium based fluorescent ionic liquid crystals, metal containing fluorescent ILs, high quantum yield quinolizinium ILs and so on. Distinct advantages of fluorescent IL sensors over other sensory materials can be revealed in terms of their easy synthesis, low toxicity, tunable water solubility, environmental benign nature, high thermal stability, selectivity and sensitivity as well as liquid state and solution based fluorescence etc .…”