“…Ce and Eu species are very popular as activators in different solid host lattices (single crystals, polycrystalline and glassy powders, ceramics) for producing multifunctional materials: as scintillators for neutron registration and X‐ray intensifying screens for medical purposes, as photosensitive materials for biomedical diagnostics, luminescence lamps, light‐emitting diodes, cathode ray tubes, etc. Previously we have reported on Ce, Cu, Eu, Mn and Ag species in tetraborate single crystals and silica .…”