“…In recent years, uorescent assays have attracted considerable attention with merits of simplicity, rapid response, high selectivity and sensitivity. 5 Compared to conventional uorescent materials, such as organic uorescent dyes, metal nanoclusters and quantum dots, carbon dots (CDs) are perceived to be promising nanomaterials for the construction of uorescent sensors, 6,7 given their excellent uorescence performance, easy preparation, high water-solubility, chemical inertness, good photostability and low cytotoxicity. [8][9][10][11][12] So far, CDs based sensors have been successfully applied in the analysis of various compounds.…”