A novel supported deep eutectic solvent (DES) TBAB/PEG-200 was prepared by loading DES TBAB/PEG-200 onto mesoporous silica by the sol–gel method. The properties of the supported deep eutectic solvent TBAB/PEG-200 were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, BET analysis, and TG. The adsorption oxidation desulfurization system was studied using environmentally friendly H2O2 as an oxidant and typical heterocyclic sulfide dibenzothiophene (DBT) was dissolved in n-octane as a simulated oil. After the optimization of preset experimental parameters, the DBT content in the simulated oil could be removed deeply and effectively under the optimal reaction conditions m(25%-DES/SiO2) = 0.20 g, T = 60 °C, O/S = 14, t = 60 min. The catalyst was reused more than 9 times with no significant decrease in the desulfurization rate. Finally, the possible adsorption oxidative desulfurization mechanism was proposed.
Nucleic acids have been shown to be versatile molecules and engineered to produce various nanostructures. However, the poor rate of these uncatalyzed nucleic acid reactions has restricted the development and applications. Herein, we reported a novel finding that DNA self-assembly could be nonenzymatically catalyzed by artificial agents with an increasing dissociation rate constant K2. The catalytic role of several artificial agents in DNA self-assembly was verified by real-time fluorescent detection or agarose gel electrophoresis. We found that 20% PEG 200 could significantly catalyze DNA self-assembly and increase the reaction efficiency, such as linear hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and exponential hairpin assembly (EHA). Therefore, we foresee that a fast and efficient DNA self-assembly in structural DNA nanotechnology will be desirable.