“…Fluorescent chemosensors generally contain a recognition site linked to a fluorophore, and a recognition event is translated into a fluorescent signal [6]. To date, a series of conjugated polymers have been synthesized to detect cations [7,8], anions [9,10], and pH [11,12] by incorporating specific receptors in the main or side chains of polymers, such as alkyl ethers [13], crown ethers [14], quinolones [15], bipyridines [16,17], and terpyridines [18,19]. A pyridine-based derivative, 2,2 :6 ,2 -terpyridine (tpy), has an extremely high binding affinity toward many metal ions in low oxidation states because of its well-positioned ring of nitrogen atoms.…”