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In order to obtain a faster and more sensitive small organic molecule fluorescence sensor for the Sec detection, a new ratiometric fluorescence sensor Q7 was designed based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) strategy with coumarin fluorophore as energy donor and 4-hydroxy naphthalimide fluorophore (with 2,4-dinitrobenzene sulfonate as fluorescence signal quencher and Sec-selective recognition site) as an energy acceptor. The sensor Q7 exhibited only a blue fluorescence signal, and displayed two well distinguished emission bands (blue and green) in the presence of Sec with \u2206\u03bb of 68 nm. Moreover, concentrations ranging of quantitative detection of Sec of Q7 was from 0 to 45 \u03bcM (limit of detection = 6.9 nM), with rapid ratiometric response, high sensitivity and selectivity capability. 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