“…46 As shown in Table 1, the performances of AuNCs@DCTX as a Cu 2+ sensor were compared with those of other nanocluster-based uorescence probes, and it was found that the proposed sensor was highly sensitive for Cu 2+ detection. 38,39,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50] The selectivity of AuNCs@DCTX towards Cu 2+ was evaluated by measuring the uorescence response of AuNCs@DCTX aer adding 20 mM of different common metal cations (Zn 2+ , Al 3+ , Ni 2+ , Co 2+ , Pb 2+ , Cr 3+ , Cd 2+ , Mn 2+ , Mg 2+ , K + , Bi 3+ , Ba 2+ , Ca 2+ , Fe 3+ and Hg 2+ ) without and with 20 mM Cu 2+ , separately. Fig.…”