“…In recent years, hybrid silica materials became the most used host matrices for organic dyes entrapped or covalently linked [5] into the network, as a result of imparting outstanding optical, mechanical, and thermal properties to the host-guest composite systems. Moreover, modification of the type and amount of organic groups in the hybrid silica materials determined a fine tuning of the dye molecules' environmental surroundings [6]. Therefore, this type of composite materials gained importance for optical devices, such as light concentrators, optical waveguides, or laser dyes [7].…”