The invention discloses a method for preparing
polymer protected fluorescent
copper nanoclusters. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of 1, dissolving a
polymer solution and a 4-(2-hydroxyerhyl)
piperazine-1-erhaesulfonic acid solution in a proper amount of pure water, and stirring to blend uniformly; 2, adding a
cupric nitrate solution into the solution in the step 1, and continuously stirring; 3, adding a proper amount of
methanol into the solution in the step 2 and heating at the temperature of between 50 and 90DEG C for 10 to 100 minutes to obtain a blue
polymer protected fluorescent
copper nanocluster solution. According to the method, a polymer is taken as a stabilizer, the
methanol is taken as a
reducing agent, 4-(2-hydroxyerhyl)
piperazine-1-erhaesulfonic acid is taken as an auxiliary,
cupric nitrate is taken as a Cu source, and
reaction conditions are mild. The
copper nanoclusters synthesized by the method have the advantages of low price, stable performance, no
toxicity and the like, serve as a potential fluorescent
label to be expectedly applied to the fields such as
optical imaging, biomarkers and chemical sensors, and have wide application prospect in the fields such as
environment analysis, biochemical analysis and
food safety.