▎ 摘　　要

Owing to the hazardness, the sensitive and selective detection of cyanide (CN-) in water or water-containing systems has still been a puzzle plaguing scientists all around the world. In this paper, a novel fluorescence probe based on covalently functionalized graphene oxide (GO) by aminocoumarin for highly selective detection of CN- in deionized water was prepared under the action of EDC/NHS. This probe bears aminocoumarin group as the recognition site and fluorophore, and its fluorescence quantum yield is increased by 0.07. Simultaneously, by loading on GO, the dispersibility, selectivity and reversibility were soundly improved, which facilitated the detection process. The fluorescence spectra showed that the probe has high selectivity and sensitivity for cyanide, and has potential application in real water.