Over past 15 years, lanthanide complexes have been studied in a wide range of different field of applications including biological, environmental, pharmaceuticals and etc. This review gives an introduction on how to design luminescent lanthanide complexes and use them as biological phosphate sensor e.g. phosphate ions (Pi) and phosphate containing compunds (PPi, ATP, ADP, AMP). Phosphate ions and derivatives are important for environment, health and safety, therefore their detection and removal are remain challenging. The scope of this review covers wide range of lanthanide based coordination complexes containing ligands with mixed coordination sites or mixed ligands, cyclen based ligands and N-based heterocycles, lanthanide based helicates, lanthanide modified polyoxometallates, carbon dots and quantum dots, coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks as luminescent probe for phosphate and phosphate containing compounds sensing. The role of organic linkers or building units in the energy transfer process (turn on/off) are highlighted and most important and recent examples are discussed in detail while. A conclusion is provided discussing the future perspectives of lanthanides based luminescent probes for phosphate sensing.

在过去的 15 年里，镧系元素配合物已在广泛的不同应用领域进行了研究，包括生物、环境、药物等。本综述介绍了如何设计发光的镧系元素配合物并将其用作生物磷酸盐传感器，例如磷酸盐离子(Pi) 和含磷酸盐的化合物 (PPi、ATP、ADP、AMP)。磷酸根离子和衍生物对环境、健康和安全很重要，因此它们的检测和去除仍然具有挑战性。本综述的范围涵盖了广泛的镧系配位配合物，包含具有混合配位位点或混合配体的配体、环烯基配体和 N 基杂环、镧系螺旋化合物、镧系元素改性的多金属氧酸盐、碳点和量子点，配位聚合物和金属有机框架作为磷酸盐和含磷酸盐化合物传感的发光探针。强调了有机连接体或构建单元在能量转移过程（打开/关闭）中的作用，并详细讨论了最重要和最近的例子。提供了一个结论，讨论了基于镧系元素的荧光探针用于磷酸盐传感的未来前景。