This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has been retracted at the request of the authors.The SEM images shown in Figure 2 of this article are the same as those shown in figure 2b in their previous published paper:Jinjun Cai, et al. Synthesis and luminescence properties of Ca2SiO4-based red phosphors with Sm3+ doping for white LEDs, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials, 2012; 19 (7): 663–667, 10.1007/s12613-012-0610-6.In addition, the authors failed to reproduce results supporting the validation of structure and luminescence properties described in the article and therefore it is retracted.