中文摘要：

对稀土的发光类型进行了简要阐述,对不同发光类型的发光原理进行了论述,并介绍了稀土发光材料在照明显示、无机离子和生命分析检测及矿物分析等领域中的应用,最后对我国稀土材料研究的未来发展提出总结与展望.

英文摘要：

Based on a general description of different kinds of luminescent rare earth materials,this paper introduces the corresponding luminescent mechanism and overviews the applications of luminescent rare earth materials in the fields ranging from display and illumination,inorganic ions determination,life analysis to mineral analysis.Future developments and improvements of rare earth materials research are predicted.