“…Hollow micro-and nanostructures with their unique properties, such as low density, high surface-to-volume ratio, low coefficient of thermal expansion, and low refractive index, have been applied in drug-delivery carriers, efficient catalysis, sensors, active-material encapsulation, photonic crystals, etc. [6,7]. Microstructured solid fluoride materials, due to their properties (lowenergy phonons, high ionicity, electron-acceptor behavior, high resistivity, and anionic conductivity), have been used in optical applications.…”