“…Fluorescent probes have been regarded as highly efficient tools for ion detection due to their advantages, such as simple synthesis steps, easy manipulating procedures, inexpensive cost, good selectivity and sensitivity, and naked-eye detection. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Among them, diaminomaleonitrile derivation has been one of the most attractive approaches for its easy modulation, usually turn-on fluorescent response, and high selectivity to Cu 2+ . [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] And so far, most of the reports have attributed fluorescence enhancement to metal-complexation, 24,25,33,34 while direct evidences are needed for more investigations.…”